var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-4643199-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Geek observations, rants, and ramblings.Tumblr (3.0; @brettschulte)http://www.brettschulte.com/CNN: "Google+ has a 'celebrity acquisition plan'": Great article from @markmilian of CNN.http://www.brettschulte.com/post/8063795774http://www.brettschulte.com/post/8063795774Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:32:00 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AZVUB75CTIc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>No, I don’t really work for the FBI, but I can see why you might think so.  Years ago when I first got brettschulte.com I wanted to use it for email, but didn’t really care about having a website.  I thought I’d do something funny for the people who bothered to look at my site so I forwarded it to fbi.gov as joke.  My site was then crawled by alexa.com and, despite the fact that it was registered to me personally, alexa.com thought I was a government site and listed me accordingly.  I thought that was funny too.  A couple months ago when I updated my Facebook profile I listed FBI under employment because I thought it was more interesting than “self employed”.</p> <p>Why am I thinking about this today?  Because I’m having lunch with a couple REAL agents from the FBI tomorrow and I thought “crap if they look me up I don’t want them to think I’m impersonating an agent”.  So for the record, I am not, and never was, employed by the government.  Except on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZVUB75CTIc">TV</a>.  At least, not on anything I can discuss publicly.  Ahem.  ;)</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Brett A. Schulte</p> <p>Federal Agent Brett Schulte (not really)  </p> <p><img src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070824222855/uncyclopedia/images/9/93/Fbi_logo.gif" align="top" width="217" height="223"/></p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6805924083http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6805924083Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:05:00 -0700How many people are PROUD of their cellular rate plan?  I am.  Because I believe with T-Mobile,...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6410763968http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6410763968Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:56:00 -0700Out of the blue today I got the message that my Gmail, or more specifically my Google Apps account,...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6407747233http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6407747233Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:50:00 -0700 The best way to buy a new domain is NOT to go through a registrar like GoDaddy, Hover, Namecheap,...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6182441641http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6182441641Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:09:00 -0700 David - I love your product and have been a long time supporter.  I love that OpenDNS let’s...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6154176698http://www.brettschulte.com/post/6154176698Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:04:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvokwca7cl1qz4w8fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IMG00012-20100103-0835.jpg</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/314829269http://www.brettschulte.com/post/314829269Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:07:26 -0800Sometime ago I got frustrated with slow IMAP syncing of large email stores.  With providers like...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/250999764http://www.brettschulte.com/post/250999764Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:15 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mRm7rcpj2WvzkL2XAo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Easter Brunch 2009</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/95523985http://www.brettschulte.com/post/95523985Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:53:39 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wvsboPUjrGc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I don’t think Microsoft can change or have any hope of leading again with a guy like this at the helm…</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/88692429http://www.brettschulte.com/post/88692429Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:11:42 -0700I recently posted an ad on Craig’s List under “Computer Gigs”, and the responses I...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/88566530http://www.brettschulte.com/post/88566530Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:00 -0700T-Mobile has a cool feature called “Family Allowances” that allows you to set limits to...http://www.brettschulte.com/post/80275165http://www.brettschulte.com/post/80275165Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:28:00 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mRajwk2o237p5u7oQ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chilling in Hollywood!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/39444519http://www.brettschulte.com/post/39444519Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:51:27 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR9l9nwlyJK9LmRH1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rob’s Cats!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/36486089http://www.brettschulte.com/post/36486089Thu, 29 May 2008 12:07:18 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR94ydxsczi9GacNN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Johnny Lang from backstage!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35199819http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35199819Sun, 18 May 2008 02:07:43 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR94l28rcBiRUDAaO_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert on stage!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35176336http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35176336Sat, 17 May 2008 19:54:43 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR94g272gdkLXjriw_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blues Fest w/ Robert Cray!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35167853http://www.brettschulte.com/post/35167853Sat, 17 May 2008 17:34:43 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR91wtsw5Jstw05UW_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pinches Tacos!</p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/34987983http://www.brettschulte.com/post/34987983Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:50 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR7dyyhyznDGM0Sqj_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>With Mike & Chester of Linkin Park.  Really cool guys. </p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/30749108http://www.brettschulte.com/post/30749108Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:16:00 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/aFOkTZ5mR6dkzxdiqAGllJkw_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I just found this old photo of me with Michael Dell at a cocktail reception.  I was drunk in this photo too.  I’m seeing a trend. </p>http://www.brettschulte.com/post/28390780http://www.brettschulte.com/post/28390780Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:06:00 -0700