Discovered Posterous

So I discovered Posterous and decided to give it a try to handle my blogging. I started out by importing my old blog posts to it. It think because of the way blogger handles pictures, the layout of the blog posts got messed up. Going forward I don't think this will be a problem because Posterous does a much better job handling images. I'll still keep my Blogger blog, but I'll be using Posterous write the updates.

If you are unfamiliar with Posterous, the great thing about it is that it will update your twitter, Facebook, and blog all at the same time. And to post, all you have to do is send an e-mail. Previously I had to use twitterfeed to post my blog entries to twitter then use something else to get that to update my Facebook status. I don't even remember what I'm using right now to get my twitter to post to Facebook, but I'm trying to find out so I don't get multiple posts for one entry.

This is actually my first test post.

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Unwanted Calls

Recently, I've been getting some unwanted calls on my iPhone. I went looking for a way to block these calls, but unless you want to pay $4.99/mo there is no good way to do this. After googling around on the internet, I found a workable solution that others may find useful:

The Silent Ringtone

Instead of blocking calls, you can add them to your contacts and set the contact to a silent ringtone.

I created a contact called "Telemarketer" and added the number of the person that has been calling. The great thing is that you can add multiple numbers to the same contact. (I don't know what the limit is, if there is one).

To get a silent ringtone into your iPhone, just google "iphone silent ringtone" and download one. Then drag the ringtone to iTunes and it will be available the next time you synch w/iTunes.

I know this solution has probably been around for a while, but most people don't look for it until they need it.