Are you more into nudge-mail or shove-mail? To help you make up your mind, below are some totally un-researched personality-types that might surface.

(Usual disclaimer applies: any resemblances, passing or otherwise to anyone dead or living is not intentional and strictly coincidental… wait a minute, nobody is forcing you to read this guide anyway right?!)

The Librarian Ninja

• Synchronize your entire Exchange folder into your Pocket PC using ActiveSync when it is tethered to your PC/Laptop.
• All means all. Compromise is not a word in your dictionary. You are a librarian, so everything is archived right? Everything is in your Pocket PC, including file attachments from half a decade ago. Space isn’t a problem because you have configured all the attachments to be saved on your spanking new 2GB mini-SD card. Crack-berry fans, go eat your hearts out.
• Set it to option c, “When new items arrive” so that you are fully updated on new mails that comes into your Inbox.
• And because you have all your Emails within reach, you can immediately verify if the claim by your staff pertaining to that amendment in the contract 2 months ago is really true.
• Deliver an immediate, scathing ninja strike via Direct Push if the claim turns out to be false.

The Miser Workaholic

• Synchronize the latest batch of pesky mails that seemed to have creep into your Inbox overnight before leaving for work in the morning.
• Because company isn’t paying for your telecommunication charges, set it to Synchronize “Manually” to save on GPRS traffic.
• Select “Send outgoing mail immediately” so that you can answer those urgent mails when commuting to work on the train.
• Get nagged for two whole weeks by wife when attempting to do the same while on holiday.

The Blackberry Wannabe

• Synchronize using cable? No way! Nothing less than “When new items arrive” and “Send outgoing mail immediately” will do for you.
• It is so cool and geek to be able to talk loudly on your Windows Mobile phone on the crowded train and say: “Sure, no problem, let me send you the mail now.”
• Problem is, all the Emails you have in your Inbox are forwarded to yourself by yourself. Because the only real Emails you ever receive are shows “Hotmail Staff” under the From field.

The Selective Road Warrior

• Synchronization is set to “When new items arrive” – you won’t be called a road warrior with anything less isn’t it?
• Synchronize the last 3 days of mail from your Inbox as well as the last 3 months of mails from your Sent folder just in case.
• Yes you have the latest 2GB mini-SD cards, but with lexipedia, half a dozen dictionaries, assorted PDF, CHMs and enough EBooks to last you through a nuclear winter, you have got to be selective you know.
• Actually, you used to have two of the 2GB mini-SD card. Well, until one day while you were swapping them on the move, one of them popped out of the spring-loaded SD slot, and into the elevator shaft.

Recently ABC news writers have demanded to be paid time-and-a-half for checking their blackberries on their own time.

Personally, I think that checking work emails at home isn't that big of a deal. Most are tied to their blackberries and constantly check them so it isn't that much of an inconvience. I also agree with the argument that so many do personal errands at work so doing a few things like checking their email and staying connected isn't too unreasonable. This is to a point however, any out of work projects or dealing with something that takes more that 30 should incur some type of compensation for personal time lost.

We are in an age where many professions require us to be connected at all times and if you don't wish to be on-call you should switch professions.

Pandemonium in Boston right now. Fans have filled the street. Boston beats LA in 6! Congrats, way to win it at home.

I recently downloaded a Windows launcher called RocketDock. Its sort of a clone to OSX's Dock app. I've fallen in love with the damn thing, it's completely cleaned up my desktop. Doesn't require much to run so it operates smoothly under the modest conditions. Looks beautiful with many customizable features. Its skinnable and has many dockable objects.

Well its that time again. Time for America to care about horse racing again. I only watch three horse races a year(two if the first two winners are different) but this is exciting. We watch because its history,its the elusive triple-crown and, once again, a new horse is in the running. Big Brown has an undefeated racing record and is trying to become the first Triple Crown in 30 years. Its some of the most exciting and drama filled entertainment in sports now. With it being the NBA Playoffs added to the pot. Big Brown and "The Big Three" are going to give us some great television for the next few weeks

I'm a traveling man. Right now I'm sitting in the airport using my phone tethered to my Thinkpad. I've got a bit of a wait since I missed  my flight and the next one isn't until 1pm.  I'm flying JetBlue, a one way ticket flying into JFK Airport for only $230.

Security check was a pain,as always. Shoes off, belt off, pockets empty(phone rang while it ran under the scanner. Had to empty my carry-on and scan the thinkpad separately. Overall a big pain in the ass that I really didn't feel like going through at 8 in the morning.

Well I'm going to watch a movie and by 3:45pm I should have touched down in NY and headed to Hartford, CT.

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A Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman on Thursday over an alleged role in a MySpace online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.

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This story is extremely sad on many levels. I have to hand out three individual fails to the people involved with this story.

My first fail goes out to the woman who created the false MySpace page and tormented the little girl. Honestly, how old are you? You should have known way better to prey on the unbalanced emotions of a 13-year-old girl. Thats childish and petty you're an idiot. You, obviously batty old lady, fail.

My second fail goes out to the parents of this young girl. I'm putting the child's death on their shoulders. Its their fault for raising such a weak child who figured the only way to deal with her life was to end it. A lot of people have problems and a lot of people get teased; but they still wake up every morning and get through th day. he parents should have noticed signs of their daughters depression and done something before it got to the point it did. The parents, unfortunately, failed.

My last fail goes out to the asinine charges being put on the Mother accussed. Honestly, "conspiracy" and "accessing protected computers without authorization to get information" ? Any information that someone displays on the internet for all to see is public information in my opinion. Since the 'net has been accessible to the public it has been preached time and time again to watch what you say and who you say it to. These charges are, obviously, just being used to bring publicity to the case.

If this seems at all harsh in anyway then I'm sorry; but there are more ruthless things going on around the world as we speak. One girls death, in the large aspect of things, isn't going to change much but hopefully her story will persuade parents to start taking a keen interest on what their kids are doing for those 4+ hours online.