The Wire Mother

More Photos

Jim Mulligan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:20:58 +0000

Check out my photo albums on my facebook site!

While you’re there, check out my profile, and sign-up to be my friend!

TWiT TV

Jim Mulligan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:11:10 +0000

Here is a site I love to watch. Live Internet TV for tech geeks like me:

http://live.twit.tv/

The End of the Right Thing

Jim Mulligan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:08:39 +0000

It all worked out in the end. The iPad came on Saturday, and was shipped-out to France on Monday. Whew! Now all I have to do is return the extra moolah and simoleans to my friend’s ex’s cousin in Corsica. I’m so glad that’s over with! Or nearly…

New Band Name

Jim Mulligan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:05:06 +0000

My band (with Jon Geffner) Good Dog Nigel is now known as A Better Mousetrap.

We will be playing at Gizzi’s Coffee in Manhattan on April 30th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.. It’s our annual birthday show!

More Right Thing

Jim Mulligan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:18:32 +0000

I contacted Apple and found out that I had ordered two iPads, so I cancelled one. We’ll see what happens with the money on April 3rd, 2010. In the meantime, life goes on.

For some reason line breaks don’t work anymore. I actually do use paragraphs when I write.

I coded this one by hand.

The Right Thing

Jim Mulligan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:33:19 +0000

So, I tried to do the right thing. Here’s the tale…My friend’s ex-husband’s cousin wanted an iPad and a Nexus One phone, so he could do some testing of applications he had designed. No problem, right? Well, he happens to live in Europe and you can’t get either one of those fine products there yet. I offered to buy them for him and ship them to him. The right thing to do, right?He sent the money to me via PayPal, and I transferred it into my account without a problem. That is, no problem until I actually bought the phone and ordered the iPad. The bank assumed the transactions to be fraudulent, and locked my account. I had to go there and speak to a very helpful and apologetic representative who called the fraud department on my behalf. The right thing to do again, right?I got the phone and promptly shipped it off to somewhere I assume is sunny and wonderful. The iPad, however, is another story. For some reason the money I spent ordering it reappeared in my bank account, even though the tracking seems to still be in order. I re-ordered the iPad, and again the money has reappeared in my account. The iPad will ship on April 3, 2010, and I’m either going to get two iPads or none. I have no idea yet, but I’m not going to order a third one until I find out exactly what’s going on. In the meantime, I have more money in my bank account that I can’t spend because it’s not technically mine, and an anxious person in Europe that I don’t actually know depending on my honesty and integrity, and living in hope that I will do the right thing.I live in a semi-anxious nether-land betwixt time and faith in the Apple online ordering system and my bank account’s magically enlarged status. I’ll let you know what happens next month. In the meantime, I’m going to assume that no iPad will be shipped to me on the 3rd, and my European compatriot will just have to be patient with my lack of promptness due to bureaucracy and my well-meaning bank. Uggh.

I’m Me Again

Jim Mulligan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:29:19 +0000

I finally remembered that my login here is my own name. I’m not telling you the password. I’ve been posting as the administrator in the meantime.I don’t think anybody reads this anyway.Here’s a picture…

Practice Makes Perfect

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:18:26 +0000

We’ve changed the band name to “Better Mousetrap”. The recording continues, now with special guests lined-up to do some parts. We’ll be playing Gizzi’s in April, on the 30th, so rehearsals will start soon. I’ve been inspired by the Olympics and I’m going to “go for the gold” at this show by actually practicing my parts until I can do them in my sleep. It should be a good show, and the CD should be finished by then.I switched back to Windows XP on the recording computer, this time without losing all the data. It was a little bit scary, mainly because I’ve screwed-up backing-up data before, but this time it went without a hitch.Now if only I could find a day job… stress!! The future is scary right now, but I’m hanging in there. I’m surrounding myself with good vibes and hope in the meantime.

Whew!

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

I lost the logon information for the site, but I’m back now!

flickr photo page

Jim Mulligan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:56:48 +0000

Click here for my photo gallery.

I promise to post again soon. Sorry about the delay. I’ve been really busy lately…