Most of you that know me know that I love twitter and if you ever enabled SMS Text’s for when I update my Twitter, I’m sure you’ve turned it off by now - sorry. For the longest time I’ve been trying to find a desktop client that I could run on my desktop so that I wouldn’t have to keep going to twitter.com every 3 seconds. I’ve tried every client from TweetDeck, Twirl, Seemic, etc, etc, etc. but all of them run on AIR and all of them are HUGE resource hogs. But, the other night I did a Google search for ‘Twitter AIR clients’ to see what was new and upcoming in the Twitter AIR app marketplace and I came across a new product that I hadn’t seen before called DestoryTwitter (cool name, right?). It does the complete opposite of what it implies, it has completely changed my Twitter experience forever. The main thing it DOESNT do that other do, is hog my CPU resources. I leave it running 24/7 and I’ve never had it freeze on me one single time. Everytime I’ve tried to install new verison’s of TweetDeck, AIR would freeze during installation - how sad is that? Here’s some great features that DestoryTwitter:

• It has a built in ‘Away’ status so your computer isn’t blowing up with tweets while you’re away
• It has built-in support for many services like twitgoo, bit.ly, tr.im, twitpic, etc.
• It’s verrrrrrry customizable. 1,000’s of themes are available on it’s website.
• It allows you to do everything you could do before with the simple web interface but with a desktop application
• It allows you to create your own Tweet-groups
• Built-in search functions
• There isn’t much it doesn’t do….

Uh, drink reviews?! Anyone that knows me knows that I love drinks. It doesn’t matter if it’s a soda, energy drink or the latest sports drink; I’m gonna try it, if I can get my hands on it. The other day @timdorr posted on Twitter that his office was right down the hall from a company called Whynatte. With a name like that I had to look it up and it turns out its a company in Atlanta that has developed a new coffee drink that this distribute in 8oz cans in the Atlanta area (and some other parts of the US)

After talking with the CEO of the company, it got me really thinking… “There really are alot of coffee drinks out there these days!” - After looking at some older copies of Beverage Digest I kept seeing the energy drink coffee market go through the roof! In some of the much older issues there were months that RTD (ready to drink) coffee energy saw sales go up as much as 2,000% (no wonder these ATL friends went into business.

So, I decided to review a few of the coffee energy drink brands that I normally buy or have seen on the market around Georgia. I hope you enjoy!

Whynatte Latte

This is a wonder drink that I just received in the mail today! My first thought was “wait.. 8oz? That’s not enough coffee for me but when you compare (1) quality (2) ingredients (3) taste you can’t go wrong with this drink!

Whynatte has a very natural coffee taste but with a small kick of chocolate. The best part of this energy/coffee drink is that you can’t taste the energy. I’ve had many coffee drinks that you tasted more energy than you did coffee. It goes down smooth and is VERY refreshing. Oh, and did I mention that they use real sugar and contains milk that has not artificial hormones - aka - great quality!

Whynatte includes 1,000mg of taurine, 175mg of L-Carnitine, 100mg of Ginseng, 90mg of caffeine and 25mg of Guarana.

More information available at Whynatte.com

Full Throttle

Ah, yes. Full Throttle. This is one of the newer players in the coffee drink game. I personally think that they did a great job with developing in these drinks; while some think differently. Full Throttle also uses sugar in the place of HFCS.

The Full Throttle Mocha drink has a great smooth taste but I really couldn’t taste the coffee. It tasted like a chocolate energy drink. That’s not what we’re shooting for here! The experience that I expect from drinking a coffee/energy drink is a great coffee taste with a kick.

Full Throttle contains 1,134mg of Taurine, 168mg of Ginseng, 27mg of Carntine and 131mg of caffeine. (this is a 15oz can)

More information is available here

More reviews coming later…
I’ve got tons of other drinks sitting here but I think that I’ll get sick if I try too many drinks, so check back of the next few days and I’ll have some more reviews! Sorry guys…

I’ve had some problems with my BlackBerry 8900 from T-Mobile. I contacted their customer service via chat tonight. The lady is so far out there, it’s just so funny. She just copy and pasted right from the manual:

Your equipment should arrive within 7 business days, excluding weekends and holidays. (Inform customer of any estimated delay - see Daily News >Handset Delivery Expectations).

Once we save this order we will not be able to modify the shipping address, shipping method, equipment ordered, and/or cancel the order.
Is your order correct? (If yes, proceed with reading script. If no, correct the order details)
We will send you like-new equipment, which will carry the remaining warranty balance from your current equipment or an additional 90-day warranty, whichever is longer.
Inside the box, we’ve included detailed instructions to help you set up your replacement equipment and return your old equipment to T-Mobile. Please read these instructions carefully!
Please remember to remove your SIM card, original battery and/or other accessories such as a custom cover, memory card or antenna from the defective handset before you send it back to T-Mobile.
To return your old device free of charge, use the Prepaid UPS label provided and take to a UPS drop box or UPS Store location. As a reminder, do not use a mailbox or your local post office to return your old device.

Mobile can not provide credits or compensation for lost devices that are not sent via the prepaid UPS label.

If returning multiple devices do not combine returns into one package. Use the individual prepaid UPS labels, one for each box and return them individually.
The defective device must be received by T-Mobile within 7 days after delivery of the replacement phone. A nonrefundable restocking fee of $xxx (quote the customer the Restocking Fee ) will be charged for not returning the device.

T-Mobile does not accept equipment that is sold by other carriers. You will need to return the T-Mobile branded defective handset that qualified for an exchange, otherwise, you will be charged a Restocking Fee of $XXX.XX (quote the customer the Restocking Fee). Do you have any questions regarding the restocking fee?
After receiving the defective device T-Mobile will screen for damages not covered under equipment warranty. You agree to a nonrefundable $100.00 fee if your phone should have any: Red Liquid Damage Indicators or broken plastics including the LCD. Do you agree to terms and conditions of the exchange?
Read this line for Battery and/or Accessory only orders:
There is no need to return your original battery, charger, back cover, memory card and/or other accessories to T-Mobile when you receive your replacement.

Read all the bolded, she’s crazy… I hope my order actually goes through for my replacement. I hope I don’t get charged $XXX!! That’s alot of money.

I have to say last night was a first for me; I spend the whole night from when I got out of class at 8:45 until 12 noon today at the school studying for a test that I had today. I’ve never spent so much time learning and figuring out all this calculus. Hontestly, I never want to do it again.

If I would of just paid more attention in class, then I would never of had such a hard time trying to understand the material. 5 pizzas, 2 red bulls and a 30 minute nap later the test is over and I’m good to go.

Thanks to my group that stayed up there and studied with me, you rock!

…A big ‘ol Macbook Pro.

My whole life I’ve been using Microsoft products and I’ve enjoyed it and never really understood the reasoning behind switching to Apple products, but now I just can’t help but think about it.

Being in college, I see Macbook’s all over campus and sometimes I just want one. Well, Christmas is coming up and I’m starting to crave a Macbook (again).

I’ve got a really great HP notebook that I’m using right now, so I’m not in “need” of a notebook but I really want one. Apple just switched out their models for some nice upgraded what-nots, so I can get a great deal on a Macbook Pro (for around $1200+) at MacMall.com

Anyone want to suggest some reasons why or why not to get one? Please talk me out of it, I hate spending money!