Nerd Resurgent
From Bellybuttonporn
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General Nerdonics
Over this past week, I:
- Resubscribed to WOW and reinstalled it.
- Bought several Magic cards.
- Bought a new pocketpc phone.
You know what? I don't really mind that I'll never see a naked woman ever again. Being a nerd is in my blood. I can't get rid of it.
So my friends Blaine and Matt still play WOW, and they've been wanting me to get back in for a while. I finally caved. I got WOW reinstalled (took a good goddamned long time), but found out that my mods are all out of date and/or malfunctioning. I'll have to go get updates and get my UI put back how I like it.
I put my mono-brown 5-color deck back together. I think I'm going to take it back to it's more combo-ey roots and take out the little Myr dudes and put the big crazy game-breaking ridiculous chunks of shiney back in.
Also I found out in recent sets they released something on the order of 40ish new sliver creatures. It's going to take a while getting a full playset of those in foil.
Sprint Mogul aka PPC 6800 aka HTC Titan
I went and got a PPC-6800, newly renamed by Sprint as the Mogul. That name is pretty tragic, even though I'm carrying around the phone Sprint thinks is for CEOs and stuff. Since it's brand new no store has them in stock yet, so I had to call around and ask if stores had them or if they could order them. Nobody understands when you ask for a "Sprint Mogul" over the phone, because they hear "Sprint Mobile", so then I have to go through some verbal gymnastics to convince the person on the other end of the line that there is a new Sprint pocketpc phone which is the successor to the PPC-6700 (coincidentally my previous phone), called the Mogul. HTC, the phone's maker, calls it the Titan. I like that name much better. TITAN!
This phone is basically a little better than my old phone in every way. Better OS, more memory, better feeling keyboard, more battery life, a little faster it seems, and better bluetooth support. Later on they're going to upgrade the internet access to EV DO Rev. A, which is even faster.
Timed as it is, to coincide with the iPhone's release, several people have asked me if I got an iPhone, and when I say no, they ask why not. Well, frankly, the phone I got is better in almost every way than the iPhone. The iPhone's feature set is strictly worse than the Mogul's. It's got slower internet, a shitty mail client, non-expandable memory, non-replaceable battery, can't to MMS (picture and video) messaging, doesn't allow 3rd-party applications, doesn't support Instant Messaging, can't take videos, and doesn't have a real keyboard. The only thing the iPhone's got going for it is an admittedly slick UI. However, that doesn't make up for its critical lack of features.
Oh yeah, and the Titan is $200 cheaper than the iPhone. Eat that, iPhone.
Wu-Tang Clan!
mp3 player
A few weeks ago I bought a Sansa Express 1gb mp3 player. This is my first new one in a few years. It rocks my holey socks off. It's sized and shaped like a USB Thumb drive, and in fact it plugs in like one too. So there's no goofy cable to lose. It's even got an FM tuner in it in case I want to listen to the radio, oh and I can put a memory card in it too, to add more space. All for $60. Eat that, iPod Shuffle!
Transformers
Omg what a great movie. It could have been so shitty, but was so good. Admittedly there was some sidestory that could have been cut, but I don't care. I could have watched a 9-hour Transformers movie. I really want an 09 Camaro now. Maybe I'll ask for a big fat raise and pay the Magnum off early? :-D
Personal Life
I've been thinking a lot about death lately. Well, more than normal. Something will trigger a thought of my own death, and I'll get a sudden wave of dread. It feels like it's pushing down on me from all directions. On one hand I'd rather not feel this way, but on the other hand I'd rather not die, either. Maybe I should go see a doctor about it or something?
In other news, I'd like to go to the fair this year. If you've got a couple X chromosomes and you want a free trip to the fair, let me know.
