Three Groovy Songs
I just spend the last hour two hours distracted from my homework... but i did find these really sweet videos:
Christian rapper, B. Reith's Old School... it's just groovy. He also has an acoustic version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZdsDfsyT8
Billie Jean performed by a street performer in Montréal. Awesome one man band. His site: http://scottdunbar.wordpress.com/
Cmon Talk by Norwegian singer, Bernhoft. Ellen's interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rqaYxirtdQ
Use Google Voice (Grand Central) as the voicemail of your mobile.
The new Google Voice feature is such a good service. However, I really didn't want to tell all my friends to call me on a whole new number. So, I've figured out a way to use the Google Voice as if it was my cellphone's voicemail service:
1. First thing you want to do is get a Google Voice (or Grand Central) account, if you don't already have one. If you haven't been able to update to Google Voice, you can still do it with Grand Central.
2. Add your cellphone number to Google Voice (GC)
3. You then have to forward your calls for when you don't answer your phone to go to your Google Voice number. You will have to check your phone's manual if you are able to do this and how.
More about conditional forwarding:
4. Lastly, you will now want to make GV not call you a second time. To force all calls to your GV number to go straight to voicemail you have to set Do Not Disturb for all incoming calls in Google Voice.
You phone will now use Google Voice as your cellphone's voicemail service. You can call your GV number to listen to your voicemail, visit the mobile site (http://google.com/voice/m), or even receive text transcriptions by text message. Much better than the voicemail your phone came with.
When you are 21 you can…
- Alcohol, yay!
As a follow up from the 18 year old list I've decided to create a list of the things that you can do when you turn 21 that you couldn't do before.
- Buy and drink alcohol
- Go into any bar or club that serves alcohol
- Gamble anywhere, like Vegas
- Get a flight navigator’s, flight engineer’s, or an airline transport pilot’s license
- Supervise a driver with a learners permit (if you had a full license for at least 3 years)
- Adopt a child
- Become mayor
- Become a bartender
- Purchase a handgun in some states
- Become a police officer
- Book a hotel anywhere
- Be in a cabin by yourself on any cruise ship
- Haul hazardous materials (with the right license)
- Get a commercial driver's license
- Get a UK marriage visa
Bonus:
At age 25 you can rent a car at a lower rate.
Am I missing anything?
Doctor Who Christmas Special is coming!
Just a reminder. For those who watch doctor who, the christmas special is going to be on, well.. Christmas! 6pm on BBC ONE overseas. Which is 1pm EST over here. Then of course you have to take into account the time it will actually come to torrents and downloading it for those in the USA, it'll be around 3pm I'd say. Awesome!
Christmas TARDIS
18 years old, Oh the things you can do!
My brother turned 18 today. Happy Birthday Jon! So, for his birthday, I've decided to make a list of all the new things he can do now that he is 18 years old. This is what I have come up with so far:
- Get the water bill in your name
- Lease an apartment
- Rent a house
- Finance a car
- Deliver newspapers for the Tampa Tribune
- Serve (not pour) alcohol in restaurants.
- Sign yourself out of school
- Work practically anywhere
- Start your own business in your own name
- Cash a savings bond
- Buy nitrous oxide
- Give a lap dance
- Rent a car in New York (and some mom and pop rental places)
- Get a lap dance
- Rent a post office box
- Drive a company vehicle
- Drive an ice cream truck
- Buy a house
- Breaks at work are no longer required
- Start a 401k plan
- Apply for benefits at work
- More stress
- Pay taxes
- Get a PayPal account
- Star in an adult film
- Get a passport without parental consent
- Buy over the counter medication
- Get summoned for Jury Duty
- Get a medicinal marijuana card in California without parental consent.
- Buy tobacco products
- Change your name
- Get a tattoo
- Get a piercing
- Buy spray paint
- Work more hours
- File a lawsuit
- Be sued
- Pawn something
- Get married
- Get divorced
- Adopt a child
- Be on Jerry Springer
- Book a Cruse on some Cruise lines
- Buy a lottery ticket
- Get a hotel room
- Call some "900" numbers
- Go to a 18+ night club
- Get a Sam's club membership
- Skydive
- Sign legal documents
- Gamble at some places, like Indian Casinos in Oklahoma and card clubs in Minnesota
- Gamble online
- Get a blockbuster membership
- Get a loan
- Go to most comedy shows at The Improv and other stand-up joints
- Buy insurance
- Donate blood (without parental permission)
- Enlist in the military
- Rent a movie
- Get a non-prepaid cell phone contract
- Sign a legal contract
- Begin earning credit
- Smoke a cigarette
- Chew tobacco
- Move out of your parent's house
- Get paid more
- Go to an adult jail
- Go to Hookah lounges
- Be convicted as an adult
- Become an undercover cop
- Work full-time
- Become a flight attendant
- Purchase Nicorette gum
- Purchase "the patch" , and "the pill"
- Drive any time of day
- Visit a porn site
- Visit a porn store
- Become a stripper
- Work in an alcohol serving establishment
- Work in bar
- Take bar-tending classes in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Some cities in Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Some cities in Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virgina, Wisconsin.
- Get a business license
- Go to a strip club
- Work in a strip club
- Work in a night club
- Vote
- Pay a utility bill
- Open a savings account
- Open a checking account
- Obtain a credit card
- Enter a contest
- Enter a sweepstakes
- Buy a monkey (w/ a license)
- Open an eBay account
- Buy a Gun
- Carry a weapon (w/ a license)
- Order something off T.V. (like a ShamWow!)
- Write a check
- Operate some machinery at work
- Become a mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters
- Go bungee jumping
- Work at a gas station
- See a doctor on your own
- Sell Tobacco Products
- Get a different type of driver's license
- Rent a port-a-potty in most states
- Get drafted for the military
- Date men or women as old as you want (over 16)
- No curfews apply in the US
- Become a ride operator at theme parks
- Buy "M" rated video games
- Buy the CDs with the parental stickers on them (leaglly at least, i think)
- Go to bars and drink in Mexico and most of Europe
- Buy stock
[Edit] According to the comments there are a few things that could bee added...
-Buy white out
-Buy rubber cement
-Buy dry ice
-Go tanning at a tanning salon
Is there anything I am missing?