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I’ve been doing some event planning lately. Hope it works out. I’m going crazy on facebook.

Just go a new job working in Electronic testing. This job pays more and will have benefits for once. Hope everything will workout with this job. Need to save for a car.

I’ve started to search for a new mobile phone. Doing this will take awhile. So I’ve made a list and I’ll be posting some phones and services that will be in the running to be my phone provider.

Sad that everyone has to do this because of crazy mobile phone contracts and bad services.

For the last few months I have been going on interviews at different companies. And I’ve come up with several things to look for when your about to go for the interview. Some are dirty but companies doing bad business started it.

1.Check there stock and the stocks of the people they do business with.

My last job had a company go bankrupt and I was too busy thinking everything was ok. Not to ask about our main contract going bad.

Solution: Set up and email reminder on your companies stock quotes. Google Finance is good. Or if your really in to stocks try Fool.com

2.If the company talks about competitors. There’s where you apply next.

I worked for a company and was contacted by it’s competitor. I should have taken the job at the time. But waited to long to think about it. You should research the company over the weekend. Then give them a good answer on Monday. Not forgetting the company. Then trying to find the number so you can call them back.

3.When traveling for an interview. Try to get in and out of the interview as fast as you can.

I’m not saying talk fast but when it’s time to go. Just make your closing statements then leave. Talking too much makes you look desperate. I know you need the money but short and simple. Does leave a mark.

4.Don’t stop if you have a job.

I have a job. But it’s not what I’m looking for in salary. Personally it doesn’t pay my bills. I can’t even cut back on anything. Because there’s nothing to cut back. I like what I do but it’s time for something new. For everyone else I would say fight even if your tired. I try to look thought the jobs that are emailed to me but nothing good.

5.More training is ok.

I’ve though about going back to school. School is a great idea because it’s a way for you to reinvest in yourself. Having an extra skill will make your resume pop sometimes.

Here’s my final tip.

6.Do something different. Something no one else has done.

ANYTHING…

First things is that I love Songbird. It’s the best idea ever. I’ve had some problems with earlier versions and this release fix long list of problems. But now 0.6 is public release it kills all other music players. It’s the Miro of music. It’s simple to use and even better to find new music. With radio being the same 10 songs over and over again. Satellite radio is about to go though a merger. I’ve always wanted a place I can find new music and buy it.

Bookmarks

You have different bookmarks to the side that are music search engines and stores. Now you can search for any song that’s been posted on a blog and listen to it. And later if you have a songs that on Amazon, emusic, Itunes and Amie Street you link on the media area.

New Music

Sites like Hypem Machine is a great place to see what new, most searched, and most blogged about. Having a site like this really helps keeping you up-to-date about new artist.

Songbird has a long list of new features that I’m still finding out. Look at the new SongBird Roadmap

Songbird

1. The endless Music

I at first I fell in love with this program. I like being able to find music on the web with out using spam catchers like Limewire. We all download music and sometimes we actually pay. But for me I’ve tried ITunes and the quality is not what I paid for. Oh and one important factor is that I’m using Ubuntu. And there’s not that may resources for paid music. (Meaning I can’t pay for the music I want because it’s lock away in CD or DRM music.) So searching for the music I want is so easy I just need to click download. I know what you’re thinking. You just think I don’t pay any of my music. That’s not true. If I get the single later I will buy the CD. But only if the CD is good. Songbird does have music stores so it’s a great way to promote your music and generate sales.

2. Podcasting issues

This could be the ultimate podcasting program if it did video. I know it looks like ITunes but it’s not ITunes. It’s ITunes for Linux. Subscribing to feed is so easy or if you want you can download a single podcast because there treated like music to songbird. As I said before it needs video. If you could just find a way that will push video to an external player then this would be the only player I would use. Is there an extension for this?

Miro

1. The endless Video

I’ve spent a whole Saturday watching video. When you start you really can’t stop. I started with Diggnation. Then I started to watch news of there new shows like ABC News. I don’t watch the news on TV but I did on my computers. Weird? I think it was shorter segments so that it wasn’t so boring. It highlighted things around the world more and wasn’t so USA all the way idea. Real journalism in the US? There were other shows like Democracy Now which I show Kevin Rose was looking for in a episode of Diggnation. (He said something like I wish there was a daily show that did real news professionally.) This is the show he was looking for. I also found 2500 other videos though there Miro guide or just add any you RSS feeds into it.

2. Podcasting issues

The issue here is that it’s a memory hog. I like to have it in the background with the torrents a flowin’. But I can’t have that for too long. It’s great with video but with audio not so good. The playlist are too clunky for me. I use XMMS or Banshee. Making this another player I need to just get my video. And the funny thing about the torrents is that there legal? Never thought of that.

PenguinTV

1. The endless Video

PenguinTV was a good idea for RSS and Podcasting. But this is for people who already know what they want to watch. I love this idea. Cut out the player just have the RSS reader and download manager. Straight and simple programming. Why didn’t any else do this. Other than Juice (Ipodder). You can read other RSS while you play your audio or video in another program. It takes up less memory and you can see the show notes.

2. Podcasting issues

One problem is the some RSS feeds come with it but it would be nice to have a network to find more. I know where to look but for new users? Were would you (as a new user) go to find podcast or even RSS if you didn’t know what it was. There’s a help area but please give a clue to some network for that user. This is small but they could put some podcast like Daily Source Code in because it highlights other podcast.

After some down time. I have started to do some research on some more projects that may or may not come out. But at this time I will try to have something to show you soon. I’m putting up a projects page that will so off new ideas of mine. But now you’ll have to wait.

Don’t worry this is your StationAgent signing out.

I’ve been so busy with work that I haven’t even been able to go out and play. Why do we go though college and try to get an education that will help us in the future. When we get so much in to debt. That it takes sometimes 5 to 10 years to get out of it. Anyway maybe I should have been a lawyer or doctor. Then I would be able to pay it of by being a divorce lawyer or the doctor that does some plastic surgery on the wife that took home the millions for the divorce.

Tomorrow is another day.

Well thing don’t turn out like you want them to. Oh well. New updates will be coming soon.