Well, apparently WordPress is launching VaultPress which ironically is a service that will back up my WP lovin’ blog in case my glorious host gets hijacked by aliens (or more likely hit by an asteroid, but aliens sounds cooler).

Unfortunately the service is thus far limited (note: 30 invites a month!!! Are you kidding me?!!!) and is in beta so the chances of me signing up immediately slim to none.

But I always love a good challenge so to up the ante I’ve decided to express to the WordPress high priests why they should unlock the VaultPress temple and allow this WP convert inside.

Since poetry is the language of the heart (well truth be told red blood cells are, not to mention oxygen, but lets not get all scientific on ya’ll here) I’ve decided to express my desire in that fashion which you can read below.

Here is the video of VaultPress in all of its glory, followed by a poem underneath. Update: Apparently VideoPress and WordPress still do not mix too well. Here is the YouTube video instead.

Roses are red
And violets are blue
But if I don’t get VaultPress
My blogs will be screwed

Life is uncertain
Especially for geeks
If they don’t back up blogs
Their lives become bleak

Blogger has Google
To back up content
All I have is my PC
Of which I repent

I need a company
With servers tried and true
In multiple locations
And inexpensive dues

Because if a nuke
Strikes near my coast
My blogs will live on
(Although I’ll be toast!!)

So Dear WordPress priests
Please let me inside
The VaultPress temple
Where my blogs will safely abide

The only question I have
For the VaultPress guys and gals
(Which I’ll ask only once)
Do you accept Paypal?

Poem by Darnell Clayton

So, dear ticket masters, do you have a golden ticket for me? Pretty please with WP cherries on top? (the red ones, not the blue ones as those are trademarked by your b2evolution brethren).

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So after watching WWDC (repeatedly), I’m now torn on whether to purchase an iPhone 4 (32 GB) or an iPad 3G (64 GB).

Due to my inability to make the AT&T December cutoff, I can only choose one (as iPhone 4 will cost me $500 instead of $300, unless I add a 2nd line).

However if I choose the iPad, it will set me back $1,000 total (as I plan to purchase the keyboard charger plus a case to go with it).

So what is the hold up? The iPhone 4 is my dream phone. Let me explain.

When I purchased the original iPhone (refurbished of course), I loved everything about it. It was sturdy, tough (I know because I dropped it quite a few times), it was my beastly smartphone.

Unfortunately it lacked a video camera, and even if you jailbroke it, the 2 mpx camera wasn’t anything to boast about.

It also lacked 3G too, making Internet browsing over EDGE (aka 2G) “almost decent.”

Then came the iPhone 3G, which also lacked video but came with the 3G speed. I opted to skip this phone and wait for the iPhone 3GS which had 3G and video support (albeit 3.1 mpx).

My biggest issue with the iPhone 3GS was its fragility, which made it too delicate to leave in the hands of clumbsy people.

So I had to sacrifice a quality design for awesome features–until now.

The iPhone 4 has HD video, LED flash, is built like a beast (metal and “glass,” or rather a very hard plastic) and gyro to boot!

So the question remains, should I skip the iPhone 4 and just get an iPad 3G? Or should I hold off on Steve Jobs greatest creation and embrace my iDream?

I guess well find out at the end of June!

–Posted from my iPhone

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Photo:Vlad Lazerian, Creative Commons, Flickr

I’ll save you the video from my spiritual blog, but basically it looks like my country is being led by incompetant fools (to put it bluntly), which is (believe it or not) one of my biggest fears.

My fury with BP who is humerously called Beyond Petroleum (although they should rename themselves Broke & Penniless after everyone sues them out of existence) is increasing by the day as their actions have destroyed the lives of millions of people, not to mention thousands of animals (if not hundreds of thousands).

Despite my outrage over this oil spill (which the media is now saying the busted “pipe” is leaking 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY!!!), I’m even more upset with my government, or rather their lack of intelligent action regarding this whole affair.

No one seems to know what to do, and worse, everyone is simply blaming each other for what is happening while more animals and businesses die thanks to the “black gold” in liquid form.

Basically it seems as if my President doesn’t know what to do, and ironically neither do the experts whose only skill is calculating how much oil is poisoning the oceans.

All I ask my leaders (especially political) is that they know how to perform their task, and if not then to seek out those who do.

Right now neither of that is happening in my country (at least on the Federal level), resulting in our country being help hostage by the stupidity of a few.

Perhaps it’s time I consider entering the green field (as a few if my relatives have), and try to find a solution to help us become energy independent from oil, instead of semi-dependent on it.

Note: Sorry for the rant, as I usually will publish those privately.

However this situation is getting out of hand, and I’m tired of “Oilgeddon” dominating the news cycle.
–Posted from my iPhone

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One of the cool things I like about blogging is the fact that you can read responses from users (both the intelligent and the not so intelligent aka trolls, flammers, spammers, etc.) and gain wisdom and knowledge that will hopefully make you smarter.

While video comments help take this to the next level (thanks to YouTube and Seesmic), there is nothing more annoying than a long video comment post (which is almost as annoying as a commetor writing a novel).

I love short and pithy comments, and would love it if there was a similar enforced limit for video comments as well.

Hence this is where 12seconds comes in. Basically what I want is either a plugin or a script (for my BlogSpot friends) that would enable a user to post a video comment.

But I would also love it if one could also post it from their notebook as well as their iPhone, Blackberry, Droid, etc. by having the user click on a link which would launch the video app.

They then could record their (brief) message, and that would appear in the comment section along with a link back to their 12seconds profile (in order for them to reap some SEO love).

So there is my idea for you 12seconds! And you don’t have to even send me a 3G 64GB iPad! (although I would not mind if you did).

Now that I’ve (finally) typed this out, the next step is how do I contact 12seconds (or someone similar) to help build this? Hmmm…..

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(Image Credit: Engadget)

Okay, I don’t have any spies inside Apple HQ (you’ll have to contact Michael Arrington for success in that department) but looking at last year’s clues I have the feeling that the next iPhone HD (aka iPhone 4G) is going to be classified as a medical device. Yes seriously.

Before I delve into the latest iRumor, here is a video from last year debuting iPhone 3.0 OS.

This idea apparently was inspired by a diabetic who pleaded Steve Jobs to make managing diabetes much easier.

Life Scan announced this app at the WWDC last year, but unlike the various other apps (ranging from multi-player games to enterprise apps) Life Scan never appeared in the app store–and Steve Jobs never breathed a hint about this app again.

I suspect that as soon as this app was revealed, Uncle Sam (or the US Government for you non-yanks) got involved, and that Apple and Life Scan had to go through some medical approval process before being allowed to mention this app again.

I also suspect that this feature (or app) will ONLY be available upon the upcoming iPhone (which could be called iPhone HD or iPhone MD).

Again, I have no hard evidence on whether or not this is true (so you’ll have to tap your own sources as Apple is as secretive as the Kremlin), but I have a feeling that Steve Jobs is going to unveil iPhone MD in a few days.

And when that happens, we will hear a loud, rusty, breaking sound, as Android devices everywhere are seen as “green junk.”

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To the shock of some of my friends, I’ll be fasting from Facebook for the next 40 days (if not indefinately).

My reason for leaving Facebook has nothing to do with the privacy fiasco, nor is it related to the inability to export my data offsite (if you have no idea what I’m talking about, rejoice! You’re not a geek).

Rather Facebook has (to put it bluntly) become a one stop vanity shop, creating no inherit value whatsoever in my life.

Unlike Twitter (which enlightens me), Tumblr (which encourages me), YouTube (which entertains me) and WordPress (which is just plain awesome!), I can not find any inherit value in Facebook that makes it worth investing time into.

So starting tomorrow (May 30th) I’ll be disconnecting my entire life from Facebook for at least 40 days (if not forever).

I’ve already turned off all notifications so if you need to contact me my Gmail is DarnellClayton and my tweet account is @Darnell (Skype is HiddenNook).

–Posted from my iPhone

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So I know what your thinking. “Are you serious?! How can you eat that Goliath meal?!”

Answer: It’s delicious! Truth be told I’ve had a strong hankering for salads lately ever since spring officially broke out.

But no salad is complete without pizza of course!!!

Don’t worry folks, I’m not turning into some kind of glutten. Truth be told I’m experimenting with eating 1-2 meals a day, as well we receiving only 6-7 hours of sleep (it’s up from 5).

But regardless of the meal (whether pizza, soup, a slab of cow, or even toasted bread) my menu is not complete without a salad.

Perhaps I’m turning into a rabbit? Or worse, a Vegan!! (I kid, I kid!)

–Posted from my iPhone

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