Butt Cheaks and Poop Stans

Yesterday evening my little buddy, my 3yo Tucker, and I were taking a walk around the neighborhood. A couple of streets over we walked past a house with a couple of little boys playing in the front yard who looked to be about 5 or 6. They didn't pay us much attention but we said "Hi" and they said "Hi". Just after their house on the sidewalk we saw some chalk writing that said "BUTT" and "Butt Cheaks" (sic) in a couple of places and "POOP" and "Poop Stans" (sic) in a couple of spots. I assume they meant cheeks and stains, but they're just 5 or 6 - give them a break.

Tucker, being a curios little fellow, asked me what the writing said. He had noticed that one of the words had a "T" in it. I told him that yes it was indeed a "T" and then I read each of the phrases written on the sidewalk. He was a little surprised when I responded that the first one said "Butt". He looked at me with wide eyes and said "What?" so I told him again. After that he squated down next to each phrase, pointed to it and asked, "And what does that one say?" I answered each question truthfully. 

He didn't have much to say so I wondered what he was thinking. I found out as he stood up after finishing admiring the last one and said "He he he. That funny!"

 

PayPal app coming to Android

bump-phones

But alas, there will always be a group of people who think PayPal and Bump Payments are a HORRIBLE idea. And there is a very specific name for that group… MOOCHERS!

Like the author I wonder if you'll be able to bump and Android device and an iPhone for cross-platform payment. That would be great in my world where I am surrounded by Apple junkies and thankfully not too many moochers.

Yahoo Mail On Android

[UPDATE: You do NOT need a Paid Yahoo Plus account for this to work... the example below is done with a FREE Yahoo Mail account:]

[UPDATE July 1, 2010: Yahoo has released their own Mail app for the Android marketplace: http://ymobileblog.com/blog/2010/06/30/yahoo-brings-its-world-class-communica...]

To set up Yahoo E-Mail on the Motorola Droid:

  1. Make sure Wi-Fi is turned off
  2. Press the E-Mail icon (the default Android E-Mail application)
  3. Enter your Yahoo E-Mail address and password
  4. Press “Manual Setup” in the lower left hand corner
  5. For “Incoming Server Settings” set the IMAP server to “imap.mail.yahoo.com” and the Port to 143
  6. For “Outgoing Server Settings” set the SMTP Server to “smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com” and the Port to 587
  7. Check “Require sign-in” and press Next
  8. Select how often your Droid will check for Email, and choose default options
  9. Give the account a name and set your display name for outgoing messages

Done and done.

The above instructions are for a Motorola Droid (running Android 2.0) but it should work for any Android phone. I tested on a Samsung running Android 1.5 - worked great.