3-Way Calling on the iPhone

I have recently tried on a few occasions to initiate a 3-way call on my iPhone only to have it fail to merge my calls. I was rather frustrated as it would make the move to merge but simply move back to putting one of the parties on hold. I then turned to the source of all knowledge (Google) to solve my problem.

It turns out, the fine folks at AT&T have done the great service of advertising the iPhone's easy call merging feature but have not activated 3-way calling by default on accounts. So, whereas my online list of features includes 3-way calling, my account set-up did not. It took me a great deal of time to find the way to fix this easily, but I finally found a website that explained the process and more information easily. It can be found here at MacYourself.com. If you too have an iPhone, but have never tried the 3-way calling, I suggest you follow these steps at a time before you actually need the 3-way feature.

In other news, the iPhone is great and I love it. It's merely annoying that the folks at AT&T neglect to have this feature activated for all their customers, just as they throttled the ability to receive multimedia messages until September of this year.

Note: Kev, if you leave a smart ass comment on this, I'm afraid my "iPhone" will suddenly and inexplicably "lose the ability" to call you, or answer your calls.

More Captain Planetry

I was thinking about Captain Planet as I do from time to time, and I did a Google search to see where my blog turned up in the current rankings. I'm blissfully off the first page for a "Captain Planet Movie" search, but when one switches to images, it's a completely different story. What's more, I discovered that my mock-up teaser poster had been used (with credit, so I'm not complaining) by another site. It makes me feel almost like a graphic designer. Take that Kvn!

The same site also had news of another image that had surfaced recently as more of a hoax than a tribute (as I like to think of mine). This person obviously had greater graphic design chops than I do, but it's unfortunate it's a hoax.

Hey Warner Brothers, you own DC comics and the Turner properties, how about greenlighting this little Legendary Picture? (PUNS!)

[Edit] Looking closer it's quite obvious that the creator of that poster used the image below to create their outline of Captain Planet by also searching for "Captain Planet Movie."

[Further Editing] On closer examination of the Apple Trailer site photo, it's obvious whoever made those photos used some of my casting choices as Aisha Tyler, Seann William Scott, and Gael Garcia Bernal are all listed in the cast.

Quick and easy tortilla pizza

Those who follow my twitter know that I think the Food Network is the Devil. I've been watching some more the last few days as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are on a three week hiatus. The danger of watching Food Network late at night though is that it makes you insanely hungry. Last night it was the The Best Thing I Ever Ate episode "Pizza" that put me over the edge.

I decided to make some "pizza" with those few ingredients in my kitchen. In lieu of dough, I used a flour tortilla. I also had some tomatoes and some red onions. Last night I used some thinly sliced Velveeta cheese, but this afternoon (when I used up the last of my sauce) I used some fat-free Cottage Cheese.

The first thing I had to make was the sauce. This is my family's recipe for pizza sauce that we've been using for home made pizza my entire life, but you can adjust it with seasonings of your own:
1 can tomato paste
1/2 t. Worcestershire sauce (I used Soy Sauce since I didn't have any)
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. basil
1/2 t thyme
1/2 t. oregano
1/4 t. celery salt (I added this because I love it)
1/4 t. pepper (see above)
2 or 3 drops Tabasco sauce

Spread the tomato paste on the tortilla getting it as close to the edges as possible (this helps to keep them from drying out and getting burnt too soon). Then add some diced onion and tomato. I then spread my Velveeta/Cottage cheese randomly over the tortilla and then covered the entire thing in Parmesan cheese.

Broil the "pizza" until the edges start to brown. At this point, you could cut it up and eat it, but I found that the center of the pizza is still kind of moist at this point, so I fold it in half and broil each side until the tortilla starts to bubble and brown.

I then cut the "pizza" into quarters. The double layer of tortilla helps to add stability, keep the ingredients contained and makes it feel as if there was a bit more crust to the "pizza." This also gives it a nice wedge shape we associate with pizza.


It's a very simple recipe that I could have added some different ingredients based on what's in my kitchen. Were I to make this with "premium" ingredients I would probably use the same sauce and tortilla, red onions, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, some good Parmigiano-Reggiano, and a little shredded Robusto cheese. But that's not what I had in my kitchen. Try some of these "pizzas" sometime.

The sauce makes enough for four 10" tortillas, so you could easily make a light lunch for four (paired with a nice Caesar salad perhaps).

Air Brushed Much?

I was working on new release stuff for next week, and this poster for I Love You, Man^* really caught my eye. It seems normal enough until one realizes that Jason Segel hasn't been that thin for quite a few years (at least since the start of How I Met Your Mother, and that may even have a heavier Segel). It's kinda crazy. It's not as if people haven't seen him completely nude, and don't see him without a shirt on in the movie. He's definitely not this skinny.


Paul Rudd, I'm assuming is that handsome though.

* Oddly, IMDb doesn't list Segel in even the top five actors for the film, even though he's clearly the co-star. Additionally, IMDb doesn't have a photo for him, which is odd given that he's starred in at least two major movies in the last five years in addition to a successful TV show and many supporting film roles. Jason: get your agent to fix this!

HRM Rex Goliath Pinot Noir

I bought some wines today for the next few weeks. I bought to reds and two whites. I opened the cheapest first. It's a HRM Rex Goliath Pinot Noir.

It's okay, it smells of alcohol when I smell it. The wine itself is smooth, and has a sweet flavor to it, but as a whole, it's not particularly great, which is unfortunate as Pinot Noir is typically my favorite wine. AT $9.99 for the bottle, I think I'd rather spend a few dollars more and get a better Oregon Pinot Noir.

Theoretically I'll say more about the rest. Theoretically...

Aww

Somebody got tuckered out on our walk.

Vagina art

I was at the Amherst town hall when I saw this painting. My first
response was, "Of course Amherst has vagina pAintings in its lobby."
My second response was "That must be by a woman." And, it is. Some
lesbian who named this one "Spring." I guess the spring is generally
moist too.