I posted recently about buying an iPhone. Now, I’m not technically a klutz, but I am taking some time figuring out all of the capabilities of the thing. One of those is the calendar. I found myself looking for a way to synchronize my work calendar to the iPhone calendar (because the damn IT Nazis at work won’t allow me to hook up directly).
What to do?
Well, let’s look to the Apps Store and see if there’s something there I can use. I log into the store and type in “Calendars” in the search window, waiting for the standard 25 best bets and doubling that list to 50 for optimal coverage.
Choices galore! But…ummm…not quite what I expected.
There were the religious calendars. Calendars designed to put in the palm of your hands all the religious holidays pertinent to a given religion – – the Catholic iMissal… the Islamic religious calendar… the Greek Orthodox calendar… the Pocket Luach (to convert Gregorian calendar to the Jewish calendar and back).
Then the ones I was looking for…only two offerings which would let me synchronize calendars. And both of those charging about $5 each to use.
Some random calendars – – a calendar that shows the best times to go fishing… a calendar that helps you track when your bills should be paid… and the obligatory ‘eye candy’ calendars: SI Swimsuit, Calendar Studs, Hooter’s Calendar Girls (no, I didn’t download any of those).
But the big surprise (okay, to me, anyway)? In the first 50 suggested calendars, there were easily 15, maybe 20, applications to track women’s menstrual cycles!
Some were just trackers, merely history files to show when things (you know…”things”…) happen. A few of those trackers were more elaborate, allowing inputs for such fun information like cramp intensity, breast tenderness, flow intensity, and the like.
What, again? I did this just last month...
Other cycle trackers were more predictive, giving best guesses of things like when the next cycle will begin or when to expect PMS (hell, I may get that calendar strictly for defensive purposes….gotta know when to be carrying pre-emptive chocolates with me). Also some that could predict the best times for getting pregnant (to include best times to conceive a boy or girl).
Seeing Red!
The fun part? The names…
– some expected ‘standards’: iPeriod (yawn), iMensies, iPreg
– and others: FemCal, LadyBiz, and (help me with this one, ladies) Petals
And not so amazingly? There are no “guy” equivalent calendars available. But, then again, do we really need a calendar to track things like an “erection tracker” or “orgasm intensity” or the like?
And what would the name of such a guy calendar be (to match up with the wonderful names listed above for the women)?
— iWood?
— iGotlaid?
— iWhackedoff?
— iSaw, iConquered, iCame?
— others? Suggestions?
Nah…
I’m still thinking the best one for me is that PMS predictor…a guy needs all the help he can to survive, doesn’t he?
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