Why Google should send me a Nexus One : Day 9
See that ad on my site that is just to the right of this post? There has been an ad in that spot for the Google Nexus one phone for the last three weeks. It is toying with me.
I currently own a G1 Andriod phone and I'm certain that it is reaching the end of its glorious lifespan. I have things I love about this phone and things I hate.
I love the constant connection to Google. My life currently depends on a lot of Google services and this phone connects to all of them and does the job I need it to do.
I love the apps. They have made my phone into a tiny computer that can do a lot of my work without having to turn on my main machine.
I hate that when I send emails, there is a draft saved on the phone each and everytime. And the messages take 15-30 minutes to send sometimes, and other times they claim to have been sent, but they do not get sent at all.
I hate the battery life. I'm charging my phone from empty to max twice daily. I don't use it that much during the day and it still dwindles down to the dreaded 15% mark.
I hate that there is no 3.5mm jack on this phone. Well, there is a nice adapter that plugs into the port at the bottom which then allows me to plug in headphones, but there are times where I need my phone to charge and play music at the same time, and that is impossible on this phone.
So please Google, send me a Nexus one so that I can get rid of the hates and replace them with loves.
If it means anything to you, both my wife and I have had G1's and we just updated her phone to a MyTouch 3G. Our phone budget is expired now though. 
My 2 cents on 3D movies : Day 8
It seems that in the last year, and for the first part of this year, the trend in movies is going three dimensional. Now, I for one am glad that technology has arrived that can allow for such things to be done, but I have a huge gripe loading up inside of me that I need to get out before I get up in the middle of the next Batman movie and scream out, "This is complete bulls--t!"
As with the new "Alice in Wonderland" movie, the hype is that is in 3D. So, I to not go and see the 3D version. First off, they do not accommodate the 3D glasses for people who already wear glasses. Secondly, the blurriness of 3D movies just makes my head hurt so badly. Lastly, the movie always seems to have 10 - 15 minutes of purely pointless animation or cinematography that is just for the amusement of the 3D technology. I'm just so afraid that movies will start being developed and skewed on the idea that it will be in 3D. I'm not looking forward to "Beverly Hills Chihuahua: Lost in Space 2: 3D - Attack of the wiener dogs that fly right at your face for 45 minutes of the movie just so people can call them cute and say aww."
A message to all 3D movies: Yes, its cool that you can do it, but it doesn't mean that you should. Stay in kids films, that is the marketing strategy to pull them in. Stay out of my movies, "Alice in Wonderland" included. Thank you.
Sunday Funday : Day 7
Wake up.
Go out to eat.
Go to fabric store.
Go to radioshack.
Go take grandparents to store and back home.
Work for 3 hours.
Go back to grandparents to eat again.
Stop by Ace Hardware to get shims and nails.
Come home, fix door frames so doors close and can stay closed.
Turn off brain and play video games.
Write blog post.
Say goodnight.
Fall asleep wishing that you could have another weekend day.