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Don’t you ever just feel like the last few weeks in technology were full of bad news and let downs? All you’re looking for is the light at the end of the tunnel. I always ask myself why the general population seems to hold people in tech related professions to a higher standard when it comes to service. I’m not saying we’re not excellent… but we’re not perfect. We make mistakes and truth be told there is not a giant magic easy button tucked away at the back of our desk drawer collecting dust waiting for the day when your priority #1, mission critical, last-minute-I-need-this-done-now, project comes along. Sometimes users request the impossible… or just the plain ridiculous, like the lady who wanted to remove the Pac Man from her Google.

Seriously though, why do other people/companies/entities get to screw up so bad and still skate on like nothing happened?

BP is still taking a big dump in the Gulf of Mexico. Progress with cleanup efforts and fixing the spewing oil leak is dragging on as if they think time itself will solve the problem.

It seems that Apple and AT&T screwed people over big time with what looks like an obvious bait and switch to me. One of Apple’s major selling points for the iPad was the ability to get an unlimited data plan through AT&T for $30 a month without a contract! Now shortly after the 3G versions are released, AT&T says they’re no longer offering unlimited data plans for the iPad or the iPhone. Even those who already signed up and will be grandfathered into an unlimited plan are forced into never skipping a payment – kind of like being on a contract, because I’m sure if you missed a month AT&T would just make you sign up for their new plans.

One final frustration of mine: T-Mobile should be ashamed of themselves! Verizon and Sprint are offering up all the awesome Android phones like they’re the ones that started this whole thing! C’Mon TMo – you offered up the first Android phone to the masses with the G1 and now your best offering is the MyTouch Slide? Where are the top-end handsets to compete with the HTC EVO 4G and the HTC Incredible or the Motorola Droid? TMo isn’t even directly selling the Nexus One but they should! They need to!

But hey, a little bird has been chirping about a big event coming soon for T-Mobile: Free phones on June 19th. If this is true, TMo could win over a lot of new customers and maybe that’s just what they need for the phone makers to consider giving TMo better handsets. I took the time to check out plans for two Android phones on Verizon’s network with unlimited data and T-Mobile still has the best priced plans. Here’s to more waiting for my dream phone.

In the almost four years that I have lived in Oklahoma I have yet to see all The Sooner State has to offer! I actually am a bit ashamed of that. I think the idea of traveling to various tourist attractions in my own state seemed daunting at first because I am originally from Texas and travelling all of Texas was simply a daunting endeavor to take on. Once it sunk into my mind that Oklahoma isn’t nearly as large as Texas, traveling the state for attractions didn’t seem so unachievable. From the center of the state you can travel almost anywhere else in OK within a few hours and make it back home in the same day!

So how do you know what’s going on in OK? Two of my favorites – Wimgo and TravelOK.

Did you know this is the first year that the state of OK decided not to print copies of the annual Oklahoma Events Guide? Those in search of the paper guide are now sent to the TravelOK website, which isn’t too bad.

The CasaDeGeeks team is just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit before venturing out to explore OK. Maybe we’ll find a map to Candy Mountain and a Magical Liopleurodon who will tell us the secret of life.

Hello all, long time no post. Fox and RedKroovy have been busy with all kinds of craziness. We are in the process of buying a house all while managing our lopsided work schedules. We have big plans for the new house!

In the meantime, if you haven’t noticed yet, it is summer time. The heat is upon us. The sun is not giving up. Casadegeeks has been focusing on finding sun-free indoor activities. Fox and I are going to sign up for World of Warcraft subscriptions and plan to play with ShadowSlayer. Join us if you’re a WoW player!

Fox also downloaded and got hooked on Plants VS Zombies, an addictive tower-defense game in which you build up your garden full of zombie fighting plants to defend your home.

ShadowSlayer will continue to play his screensaver game Eve Online so feel free to join him as well!

If you’re really into music, give Audiosurf a try. It is similar to Rock Band and Guitar Hero in that the elements of the song scroll past you throughout the song. There are many modes to play in and the best part is you can play along to any song in your personal mp3 library. Compare your scores to others online.

Fox, ShadowSlayer, Karma, and I will also be playing Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Gold Edition, as well as old favorites Warcraft II and III… possibly some F.E.A.R and Unreal Tournament.

As always you can expect that the geeks will go out to H&H for shooting (when we can find an abundant source of ammo). After we close on the new house, you can be sure we’ll be home bodies for a while – we have lots to enjoy in the new house. Stay tuned for the casadegeeks house warming party/LAN announcement.

Casadegeeks is going to Assimilation this weekend!
Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 8:00 PM @ The Marquee in Tulsa, OK

MSG, IM, TWEET, TXT, or just plain CALL us if you want to join! ShadowSlayer doesn’t know it yet, but he’s wearing his leather suit and collar for the event!

I would like to get a Clockwork Orange droog costume together one of these days for Assimilation. Heck, if Rob Zombie can pull it off, so can I.

I have posted information on the MMO Secret Of solstice in the forum today. In the post you can read a little about the game and what my vision of when we will play this game as a team / Guild / party. I posted a Guild day today as I feel that Wednesday would be a good day to play this game. You can post your comments on this blog but preferably if you would like to change the day/time w/e please post it in the forum.