| I learned to program... The teenager + free time thing is right!
I learned to program when I got my first cellphone when I was 16. I didn't want to pay for ringtones, so I convinced the sales guy to give me one ringtone free and free internet for a month. I reverse engineered their ringtone delivery software so that I could upload my own tones for free. In the most recent version I wrote software that would allow me to upload an mp3 from my webbrowser, then send my Motorola Razr a text message with a link that would download an automatically compressed and suitably formatted ringtone to the phone without charge.
My Canadian cellphone company tried to rip me off, I found a way to beat them on this one little issue and save myself some money. |
 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| It seems like the teenage years are when most of us gearheads teach ourselves the life skills that we'll need for our careers, while high school is busy wasting most of our time. 
It was during those years that I parlayed my traditional art skills into computer-based graphic design and started doing design jobs for people around town (flyers, restaurant menus, concert programs, etc.).
(I also played a whooooole lot of Doom and Duke Nukem 3D, but don't tell anyone.)
Last night I saw the news about this tethering app masquerading as a flashlight and thought about grabbing it -- since I knew it was gonna be pulled within hours -- but didn't bother. It did bring a smile to my face, however. Yes, it's a violation of AT&T's (and Apple's, but for different reasons) terms of service, but in my opinion the extra charge to tether despite being subjected to the same data cap is asinine and unjustifiable -- so I am enjoying the press the kid's getting for his efforts.
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"I'll follow the law until it's just stupid." -Ted Nugent |
