Phil's G.I. Joe Page


Wait... you're actually reading this?!
Monday, January 14, 2008
 
Two things worth mentioning today: I've got a wedding I'm attending in about a month. Why should this matter? Well, aside from being Best Man, I need a date! I think I've got the Best Man part down, but the invitation said myself and a guest. Any (female) volunteers?

Secondly, I know who you people are again! Well, I knew who you were already, but... Ok, this will require some explanation. See, this whole bit here? It concerns AOL's Instant Messenger.

For the past few months, I've been exclusively on Trillian. Works fine for me, and I don't have to open multiple IM programs. MSN Messenger has never really been a problem keeping track of people, since I only have about 10 buddies on there. AIM on the other hand, has hundreds. And few of you use your real names. Well, that wasn't too big a deal. When I first started using AIM, they had this nifty note feature. I'd get a screen name and just plug in the real name in the note. The problem came when AIM upgraded its program about a year ago. The notes didn't upgrade along with it. I lost my list of names! So for far too long, I'd see these screen names pop up for people whose identity I had no clue. It doesn't help that my buddies list is swarming with people I rarely chat with any more. My fault more than anything; I'm hardly the most social person in the world.

So how did I figure out your names again? My worry that my buddy list would be lost online over the years led me to save the buddy list every time I had a new addition. Notes were saved along with it. I just realized now that I could open this file with WordPad. And right there under the screen name? My notes! Finally, identities revealed to me!

Now comes the fun part of hand typing all your names into the note field on Trillian. By the way, the notes aren't saved in an online database. I have to enter the notes into every computer I use Trillian on. D'oh!

posted by Phillip at 8:03 PM 0 comments
Comments: Post a Comment

 
This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of Phillip Donnelly. Unless explicitly stated, all statements are those of Phillip Donnelly. So there!

Speak to me, people!
IM Me!

Get fonts for this page!