Don’t Kick the Baby

Put that damn iPhone away and quit blogging!

College – It’s worse than I imagined it would be. These kids are, well…kids. Of course, they look so young to me. But worse off, they act so young.
Was I a douchebag when I was 18? Did I act like I didn’t care about anything other than myself and my pursuit of the opposite sex? I can’t answer that question fairly because that’s all I care about still – but I would venture it was.
So why do I care? I guess this class has just made me realize that I am offically not young anymore. Sure, I’m not 40 – but I sure as hell ain’t 18 either.
It’s odd – I walked in feeling vibrant, young and spry. I’ll walk out feeling the exact opposite. Maybe it was time. If being 18 and young means acting like these kids, I’ll keep my age, my gut an my Night Ranger cassettes and like it.
So here I sit in class blogging (thank you WordPress application for my phone!) Oh! Got to run! The teacher is yelling at me to put up my iPhone! And the other kids are laughing because the old guy got in trouble…

Your wish is my command!

Errrr….I finally got my new iPhone update this morning. The problem was that it ‘bricked’ my phone for most of the day. So I was frustrated to say the least. I did get up and running at about 6 p.m. and it is freakin’ sweet! The Twitter and Facebook apps are stellar. Twitteriffic is just great. I already have a quickly growing unhealthy addiction to Twitter, this app is going to just push me right over the edge.

There are several really nice looking games out as well, something the iPhone has been sorely missing. Since you pay for most of them I’ll just wait until more reviews are in. If anyone has purchased any drop me a note and let me know what ya’ think.

Despite the fact Apple dropped the ball a bit with the planning and implementation of this whole thing, I am still satisfied and impressed. I am up-to-date. That makes me so happy, I could…well, do what this guy did.

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IPhone 2.0

Show me the IPhone!

So I was stoked about the new IPhone coming out. Well, not really the new phone itself. Honestly, I don’t use my first generation IPhone for surfing enough to justify spending a LOT more money on a faster data speed. And the Global Positioning System, well….it doesn’t even do turn-by-turn directions. I don’t need a GPS that’s sole purpose is to monitor my movements. That’s just creepy.

On the flip side I am extremely excited about the software upgrade to 2.0. The application store is open and I’ve downloaded the apps I want, but my stinkin’ phone hasn’t updated yet! THANKS A LOT APPLE! I love your product, and you have great support…but don’t toy with my emotions by letting me download software that I can’t use on the device. It should all just come out at once, right? Maybe I need to just step away from the CPU for a bit.

If anyone cares about the release of the new phone, stores in the U.S. will be opening in about one hour on the east coast. You can check out non-stop coverage by the Grand-Poobah of Geeks, Leo Laporte. He’s been streaming video since 1 p.m. yesterday and is still going strong – 24 straight hours of IPhone coverage! It’s Geek heaven! Check him out a Tech Guy Labs.