- So I’ve been living with my iPhone for about a week and it’s great, best thing ever. The most valuable information is about how to accomplish your goals, and so far I’ve figured out a store’s new location and checked a recipe while in a supermarket, those kinds of things. Very difficult to do with a Treo. Webclips are actually useful. My main complaint is: there needs to be a “mark all as read” button for email. And the battery life is so-so; you really have to charge up every night. If you’re thinking of getting one, word on the street is to hold out until late May, if you can.
- Speaking of consumerism, recently I’ve been on a little bit of a rampage - robocopped a Billykirk weekend bag made by the AMISH and a Loopwheeler LW09 hoodie. Next up is a messenger bag that can accommodate a laptop - my ACR/Bagjack is OK but not ideal. Initially I was looking at the Timbuk2 Blogger - dorky but functional - but it turns out they’ve shifted their production to China, and although they claim to pay a fair wage to their workers, that’s obviously by local standards, and they don’t provide detail about hours worked, overtime compensation, etc. So now I’m thinking a Tom Bihn Imago, made in Seattle or Montana, would work. Have I become a big fluffy bunny liberal in regard to labor? Apparently yes.
- To read: Flowers of Evil, The Echo Maker, The Way Some People Die. There are still a bunch of movies I want to see, #1 of which is Snow Angels; the trailer looks great. My Wii is rad; I’m taking Super Mario Galaxy one level at a time, and Zack and Wiki is next; I’ve heard great things. Then No More Heroes.
- Also, prepare yourself for a post about No End In Sight, the Iraq documentary. It’s amazingly good; you owe it to yourself as a citizen to watch it. I think it’s better on video because I had to pause halfway through to digest this, like, incredible punch in the gut. Keep in mind that most of those interviewed are ex-Bush appointees.
Nice assemblage; not mine