606diaries.com Just the Posts http://606diaries.com One mans desire to document his mundane daily life at the same time every day. en-us Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:50:33 -0700 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:49:18 -0700 $16?! I'm gettin' em
]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:58:46 -0700 Still busted...
I am officially giving up on this phone. I'm going to miss the weird extraneous stuff more than the phone itself. That was pretty easily replaced. The cork case and the unsynced information are the hard parts to give up. It was really fun to take apart though. It's amazing how much crap they fit into such a tiny space. A space that's at least 1/3 battery. I don't know why but batteries have just not been able to keep up with the technological advances like computers have. Not at the same rate anyway. They're better now than they used to be but the difference is nowhere near the difference between todays computers and those of just 10 or 15 years ago. It's not consuming my evening though. I've got "Burn Notice" and "Psych" to watch and chainmail to knit. ]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:10:34 -0700 Ma's external cooling solution
Ma's laptop has been exhibiting a behavioral issue where it's just getting too hot and shutting itself off. It turns out that the fan is bad but, luckily, easily replaceable. It's nice to see that in the meantime, while the replacement fan is in transit, Ma has this alternate solution. ]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:17:20 -0700 The iPhone is dead. Long live the iPhone!
So, an important lesson was learned today. Check -all- the pockets in your pants before you do laundry. You never know. A very small, very expensive, phone slash computer could be hiding in one of them. I went to the Apple store just knowing they were going to be totally sold out and I don't know what happened, planets aligned or I withdrew from some karmic account but they were in stock! I'm glad I could get one but there were reasons I was waiting. I've heard reports that the 3Gs are kind of buggy and I really didn't want to spend the extra $15/mo for the 3G but the washer and I subconsciously subverted the logical part of my brain and here we are. I found some other people online who had done the exact same thing and some of their phones worked again after they dried out for a couple days so, who knows, I may have 2 iPhones soon.



Todd's iPhone
R.I.P.
09.08.2007 - 08.24.2008
]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:49:18 -0700 Concert goodness at Sunset
Geeeek set up an excursion to Sunset Station to see "Faster Pussycat" live, so here I am. The concert isn't until 8:30 but, as someone said, that seems kind of late to start drinking on a Saturday so Hooters for some wings and beer is in order. I'm frightened. It appears to be revivalist hair metal. Search for Faster Pussycat on the Youtube and you'll see what we're getting ourselves into. ]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:50:33 -0700