Archive for November, 2005

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

After much diliberation witnessed by Mattbot in the DIAD, I finally bit the bullet and ordered the W600. My information search on the subject of iSync found me a workaround and reassurances from people in the iSync homebrewed-plugin world that the W600 should be pretty easy to get working.

Should be here in a couple […]

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

So I’ve found out that rebates on the phones I’m interested in last until tomorrow night. With that in mind, I’ve turned to other sources of information to try to help me make a decision between:
1) Buying the W600i with unknown iSync support (but a workaround!)
2) Buying the Z520a with proven iSync support (but less […]

Monday, November 28th, 2005

So the field has been narrowed, I’m going to switch to Cingular, and possibly sooner than I had anticipated.
It comes down to two phones:
Sony Ericsson W600

This phone is cool, I love the form factor because it allows for nice big buttons for navigation and normal use while the number keys are tucked away when you […]

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

After losing to Kansas and failing to clinch the Little-12 north title (AND the opportunity to be embarrassed by Texas on national television), the morale on the iastate rivals board is in free fall. Rivals.com posters are left with nothing but to twitch on the floor muttering about a September win over Iowa. Sadly, there’s […]

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Taking five from my synthesis paper (the greatest assignment ever) I happened to catch the latest news on slashdot about a new mobile music store from sprint.
Sprint says its higher price [ed: 150% higher than competitors] is justified by the convenience factor, the ability to buy a song on the go, when the impulse strikes. […]

Monday, November 14th, 2005

I called off the search on the lost cell phone this weekend and activated an old samsung phone that makes me nostalgic for the days when cell phones were phones and little else.

The ol’ gal is holding up well despite being mothballed for the better part of two years. With my contract up in […]

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Well I had one of those moments today, you know where you push on the wrong side of a door and continue to walk forward and bang your head. Oculon artists produced this account of the action this morning:

I’ll skip my usual diatribe on putting some sort of eye level cue to let people know […]

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Have you seen me?
Officials at Oculon world headquarters reluctantly disclosed what the rest of the world already knew, the company cell phone has been missing for days and officials at the embattled organization have been too embarrassed to ask for assistance. Last spotted in the hands of its drunken CEO, the “big boned” Sanyo was […]