Luke Odom

So, most people would consider it a bad time to be buying new gadgets since I am only weeks away from moving to Los Angeles. Well, I think any time is a good time to buy gadgets and this week I got three.
First Gadget: Canon CanoScan Lide 100
This was a gadget of necessity. My bank does not have a local branch so I have to deposit my check by scanning them. Earlier last week my scanner of 9 1/2 years (a mustek 1200 UB plus) died. I have used that scanner for many many projects over the years but right now scanning checks is all I do with it so I grabbed the cheapest new scanner on Amazon.

BIG thanks to the developers of SANE. Having SANE prolonged the life of the scanner for 4 years. When I got my mac laptop in 2005 mustek has not updated their drivers but SANE had. Thanks guys!!!
Second Gadget: Acer x223w
When I get a new gadget I immediately post it on Amazon for the price of the next best one. Last year, when I got my 19″ Acer I did that and this week it sold allowing me to purchase a new 22″ for roughly the same price!!!!
Third Gadget: iPhone
I have been with Alltel forever and my contract is up. The iPhone is awesome. I really am not too fond of going to AT&T but its worth it. I also looked at the Palm Pre and Blackberry Storm but in the end the iPhone plays nicer with my 12″ Powerbook and it has the AppStore.

Here’s what this blog is made of and why I made it this way.

The webhost – dreamhost. Why dreamhost? I was formerly the webmaster of a newspaper that used dreamhost. I liked it and was used to it so I used it. Why not host on blog site such as wordpress? Pretty much I just wanted my own server to play with

The software – wordpress.  I am a huge fan of open-source software and have worked with it before and WordPress is great. I even set my father-in-law up blogging  

The theme – Dark Knight.  No, I am not a huge batman fan. I stare at a computer all day and personally find it easier on the eyes to have white text on a black background. My web browser and email client also use the PitchDark theme.