cndnsr trivia for iphone!

There were no trivia games made for iPhone.

The other day when I was sitting at the doctor’s office to have my arm checked out, sitting, staring, looking at the outdated magazines… I noticed my little brother playing trivia on his iPod. I thought that was a great idea and we started to play together. It was a great laugh. Meanwhile I poked around for a trivia game that would work on iPhone. None existed, so now one does!

I will be releasing the beta very shortly.

The entire thing was developed in Ruby on Rails in about a day and 1/2. Once I work out the rest of the bugs, and add enough questions it will be ready for the public. It will be located at cndnsr.com. Check back in the next couple days.

;{)
Mr. French

Settings for OSX

This is a really good article about using “defaults” shell cmd in Leopard to set options such as Full Path in Finder and remove Translucent Menu Bar. Check it out. VIA digg.com

Things to do when your limbs are broken.

I feel your pain kitty. Image from oceanicsouth via flickr.

Broken Appendage like me?

Sucks doesn’t it? Laying. Stuck. Sitting. Tossing, turning. Sure you could watch T.V. What good would that do though? Television rots the brain. I hate it. I honestly can not stand television sans Discovery Channel, TLC, Science Channel, and Cartoon Network or Comedy sprinkled in for 10-15 minute intervals. The rest of it sucks. Therefor, since I am actually well enough to sit (partially) up in bed and type I need some new things to do and work on to increase brainpower or creativity.

Thus I present: (curtain lifts and unveils.. dun da da dun..)

Things to do when your limbs are broken.

Since this is a time of personal growth for myself, I am trying to make sure that this time is spent wisely and constructively. There are only rare occasions that someone gets a couple months of downtime to sit and really mull. (Except prison, mental health wards, or summer camp. :{/ ) Here are the things I am going to try and work on for the next couple months, maybe you can get some ideas from it as well.

Read a novel.

Hell, read three. You have all day sitting.

Look through your stuff from when you were a kid.

Provided you can do this one… this may even give you more ideas of things you can do. Such as…

Make a little notepad flipbook for a loved one.

Flipbooks are funny and neat little things you can make in a couple hours. You can even go totally overboard and scan or photograph the paper. Then just mess with it later and create an “actual” movie out of it for email or youtube.

Write.

Write a short story, write a whole book. Finish that screenplay or pilot you were working so hard on months past. Get together a Journal or Diary of thoughts. Clear out that thought dustbin. You might be surprised what comes out when you read it later on.

Get up to speed on modern finance or investing.

What can you do to secure your future? What can you do to grow your wealth? No better time to think about it then today!

Brush up on politics.

This one is crazy sounding I know, but with our every day lives I think many people just catch snippets of what is really going on. Brush up and then from your station there you can make a huge impact. You have all day to type letters to your senators or call your area reps to show your support for things you believe in!

Learn another language.

French? German? Italian? No no. For me it will be ERLANG. Since I am a Software Engineer, when I say languages these are the kind that I think of. Whichever choice though, make sure you have at least a bit of guidance and someone or something to practice on. Practice makes perfect.

Work on your website, or internet projects.

Man oh man is this one for me. I have so many of these and now I can actually get to them. I am kind of excited for that, but at the same time I want to make sure I do not become engrossed in them and forget to…

Catch up on art.

There are lots of great pieces of art that you can see online. Most galleries post photos of their showings. While it is of course not as impressive as seeing the art in person. It may just fuel your desire to see the real thing that much more.

Expand your music feelers out.

I love music. Music sets you free. With music and some great thoughts it is not too hard to leave the place you are. There are many more types of music then the junk they play on MTV (if you can even consider 80% of it music…). Check out some new things. Hype Machine is a great place to start!

Contact someone from your past.

College Friend? Friend from High School? Friend from waaaaay back? Friend from 5 months ago you have not seen in a long time? Contact them. They will be glad to hear from you. If you had a falling out..

Patch things up.

Contact people that you accidentally rubbed wrong but meant no harm, or people who did the inverse to you. Rebuild bridges that were torn down. Even if they can not be rebuilt, at least they can be placed to rest finally.

Call someone you love.

Just pick up the phone and call to tell them that you care and that your thoughts are with them. I am sure that they will appreciate it.

Think about yourself.

Deeply. Think hard. Think about yourself. Don’t get down on yourself, but what have you done so far you could have done better? How can you be sure you do not repeat past mistakes. All things you can think about since you now have the time to sit and do it. The thinker.. what is he thinking about?

Look, I only have one good arm and 75% of my hands to work with here. I am sure you can think of some things to do just like I have. If you have any good ones just post them in the comments.

Stay frenchy and heal up soon!

;{)

Of casts and bandages

I am sitting here…

..left leg in cast, right arm in cast, right leg in splint, and itch in full effect. I can tell you honestly, I do not get it. Why do doctors use the most inane compounds to produce these things. Is there not some reason that they can not make it just a bit more comfortable? Under my casts I also have adhesive gauze stuck to my limbs. This makes it 100x more uncomfortable. Granted, I just went through surgery. Granted I am supposed to have my limbs pretty well secure from moving.

Yet, I dare say that there has to be a better way.

There has just got to be. The itch and discomfort is causing me to want to move about. This makes me want to adjust the bandage, move the appendage inside the apparatus, squeeze around inside the cast with my finger adjusting the gauze from rubbing against the raw skin.

ARRG.

Someone get out the hacksaw so I can chop these bastards off of me. It is so hard to sleep like this. :{/

On the mend…

For those that do not know I have been mashed up pretty good.

On November 16th at around 1:30am a car hit me almost head on from the northbound lane of US-1 while I was traveling southbound.

I left Ft. Pierce exactly 1:18am

I was invited to go out earlier and have a drink with a friend but never went. I figured I would at least make my presence known before I headed home, even if I can not have a drink since it would be after last call when I got there. Everything went smooth and as usual as could be expected. I knew it was late, and I only exceeded the speed limit by a few mph (around 3-6) since I knew that there were police out this late and I did not feel like being harassed for no reason. I cruised along. When I reached the intersection where the accident happened. (I do not know the name of the intersection.) I saw a car/SUV stopped at the light to make a left.

My light was green.

There was construction to the left and construction to the right of me. The road was pretty rough. I drove up this stretch a number of times already though so I knew where the really rough spots were and only dropped my speed a little as I approached the intersection.As I came up to less then 100ft from the line, I saw the car/SUV make the jump forward. I let off the throttle and braked. He kept pulling at me and swung out to turn. I mashed hard on the brakes and downshifted but it was too late.

By the time I cut right he hit me nearly head on.

My left leg and ankle shattered instantly. I remember leaving the ground. My right arm went out and it broke in a number of pieces when I hit the ground. I also cracked up my right knee pretty bad.I was conscious yet woozy the entire time. I rolled over onto my back and tried to sit up but that is when I realized that I was really bad off. I screamed for someone to call 9-11. They said that they were on the phone now. Other cars started to show up and paramedics and police were fast to react. I was hauled into an ambulance, then into a helicopter where I was flown to a trauma center around 150mi away.I am pretty mashed up.

They did surgery on my right arm, left leg and ankle and splinted up my right leg.

I have to be pushed in a wheelchair now and every day tasks that I would normally take for granted are hard. I can not believe that I will be stuck up like this for the next 4-6 months. Since I only have 1 arm doing anything is rather difficult and limited, especially because my left is the only good one and I am right handed. From the pictures below my arm looks in worse shape then the leg. Trust me though, it is just as bad, you can not see what is going on under the bandages.
    

I am extremely thankful for all the support in this ordeal.

I came to Florida to visit my folks and this is how things ended up. I do have to say that it has brought me closer together with everyone here in my family. My mother has been tireless in helping with the doctors, transportation, keeping me fed and looked after. My father has been an an awesome source of strength and my little brother has even helped lots.My friends in LA have been super supportive and caring. I thank each and every one of them for their calls and emails. I have also however received one persons strength more then any other. She knows who she is. I hope she understands how much just her voice helped me through this ordeal.

It is good to be alive and frenchy.

Stay frenchy, interwebs.

:{)