Operating system of choice

In my life, I use OS X and Windows Vista as my primary operating systems. Not so much Vista by choice, but because that's what I have to use at work. It does alright, except that I have to restart the damned thing 4-5 times a day when ever I leave photoshop or dreamweaver open for too long. And forget about memory usage, IE7 is a hog, but that's OS independent.

Just the same, every time we're coaxed in to switching operating systems, it's an unfriendly experience. I even remember the stability issues that I was having with Windows XP back in the day. Service pack 1 was the end all be all of fixes to save that OS, and I think Microsoft is hoping to regain cred with this new Service pack.

What it comes down to for you? Who cares? The point is as long as PC hardware comes so cheap, and mac hardware doesn't come in a budget market, you're stuck with the Windows Defacto Standard of "we do whatever the hell we want and you pay for it."

Oh no, I've just become that guy...

On an unrelated note, if my high school keyboarding teacher knew I could type this fast without the method God handed down to her on Mount Sinai, she'd be turning in her grave (I do believe she's shed the mortal coil).


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Speed test

Fitness Update

My 1 mile time has come down to 8:30 and I powered thru a mile and a half in 12 and change. It's much better than I thought I'd be, though there isn't much of a visible difference in my body. Oh well. Better than nothing.

In Effect, A Diorama

I have a problem. An addiction, really. I came here to warn you about it.

To protect you. So you won't be like me. Addicted.

To CSI Miami. I started watching this show... almost on accident. Thanks to this youtube video (my personal favorite part is the peter pan moment at 6:00).

The acting is bad, the writing is bad and the science... is flaky. But there is something about the show that I just can't let go of for some reason. Every episode is compelling. Every soap opera-inspired plot twist is a joy.

I started watching this show about a month ago and I'm firmly entrenched in season 4. The good news is that I'm married, and she forces me to bed long before I'm ready to stop watching. The bad news is that if I weren't married, I'd be long done with all 5 and a half seasons of this show.

Sadly, I found out last night that my copy of season 4 is all out of order... I guess I'll have to start the season over.

A little bit of Fire

I own the LG Rumor.  By most accounts, it's very rare to find due to lack of stock at Sprint stores.  I bought it outright, and I didn't have to track it down.

I regret finding it, though.

It's a clever phone, and unlike most Sprint offerings, wasn't on the ass end of expensive.  The keyboard is intuitive, and while the starch nature of the buttons leads to a lot of "misfires", and it's something I'm not to disappointed with.  The menus are slow.  Mostly because the processor appears to be clocked down far enough to compete with a Mac LC.  Again, I can live with it because of the advantage.  The battery life is fantastic.  Ever hear those claims of 7 days on standby from phone stores?  I get 7 days easy.  That's with usage.

This is where the fun stops.  And, as you may expect, my complaining begins.

This phone really has no customization options.  You can't change what menu appears when you slide it open, and that slide open automatically unlocks the keyguard, allowing you make the pocket phone calls you thought the keyguard was protecting you from.

Sprint's Vision network is nasty slow on this phone, and while most of the other phones allow for the newer faster network access crap, this phone is slower than hell.  My previous two phones both worked on that power vision service, but this phone barely gets you online.  It's infuriating just to check the weather.

Bluetooth is another one of those afterthoughts to this phone.  I purchased one of the previous LG releases based completely on their bluetooth support (it was the first sprint phone to offer it).  By this time, you'd think they'd have it down to a science.   Here's a hint, they don't.  Range isn't more than 15 feet without some static, and completely useless at 30.  Also, no matter what distance, there is a slight echo, even on $150 headsets.

One thing I forgot to mention.  The microphone at the bottom is asinine.  It's at the bottom of the phone!  It picks you up just fine (but you sound weird on this thing), but it also picks up everything else.  I mean everything.  Someone next to you just let out a fart?  They'll hear it... and let me tell you, that's the last time I call my mom sitting next to Jeremy.

That's all and good, the same complaints you may hear about all the time.  This phone has one killer quirk: it restarts randomly.  Anytime during the day.  Not even because you were pushing on the battery.  I placed in it on the counter to make lunch, and while I was coating my chicken in flour (and not in a nasty Afterglide innuendo way), the phone restarted.  Silently.  It doesn't give you any indication that this is doing it, unless you catch it in the act.  Though you may catch it when you're in a fuckin' phone call.

Of course, restarting is inaccurate.  It implies that it turns back on.  Sometimes I've found the phone simply off in my pocket.

The Sprint store won't help me, they say they're not responsible for the phone's warranty and can find nothing repairable wrong with it.

Sprint says they can't help me because I didn't buy the protection service at a ridiculous $84/year and won't sell that protection to me now that they know there is something wrong with the phone.

And LG says that it's not reproducible, so they can't service it, but I could send it in for a month for them to look at.  Yeah right.

So here I am with this broke ass phone waiting for my contract to expire, or a better deal to come up.

Maybe I should just get an iPhone.

Achievement Unlocked

Tuesday, at the gym, and for the first time in my life, I experienced runner's high.

It was an amazing feeling, much like what my friends had told me.  The loss of feeling in my legs, and just movement and focus.

The only problem is when you're on a machine, you're not going anywhere, so it's like a runner's middle.  More of a letdown than anything else.

It's a fair warning for you in the future.

Mini Mrs. Gunz

When I met the Mrs., she wasn't far off from moving out of her parents' house. When she did, she received this knick knack.

It's called "Gina", and it is my favorite pasta spoon ever.  

EVER.  

Look at how friendly it looks.  And blue.  Who could resist?

I Think I Went to Middle School With This Guy

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