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After looking for Sox tickets over the weekend and seeing nothing but standing-room and obstructed-view seats still available for the rest of the season, I'm starting to feel more like this guy. I've seen Fenway park, it's a great place, but I'm tired of the act of getting tickets being such an intense labor. I guess I'll just have to visit some friends in Chicago and DC this year to check out some other parks that I haven't seen yet. Too bad I can't add some tickets to my wedding registry.
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I'll give you the after picture, because the before picture is a bit uglier. It was just dislocated, not broken, so my finger will only be wrapped up for a few days. We did end up winning the volleyball game, though, so it wasn't in vain.
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This is a laugh. It's the rider for Iggy & the Stooges and includes lots of good rants about pandas, digital mixers, and Madonna's lap dancers. It's worth the whole 18-page read.
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iPhone. Judging from what I've been reading over the past week, that should be enough to keep your eyes glued to whatever else I have to say here. I admit that I followed the keynote minute-by-minute and my heart started beating faster and faster and all I could think of was "When can I get one??" Then I read the comments and wrap-ups afterwards, and the doubting started. Can I live without 3G? What if I need applications that Apple doesn't offer and they don't let 3rd parties develop for this platform? Can I type on this without real keys? I got to the point where I had decided that I was going to wait for the 2nd gen iPhone, but now, more than a week after the initial announcement, I'm back to wanting (but not needing) one. I took a look through what I have installed on my trusty Palm Treo the other day to see what applications I really couldn't be without. I came to the conclusion that I really don't use many very specialized apps, except for my addiction to Yahtzee (high score, 389). So, I think that everything I want in a smartphone is offered in Apple's product. I've also convinced myself that I can learn to work with a touch-screen keyboard. At the very least, it has to be better than messaging on a number pad, which 98% of phones have now. And 3G? Well, EDGE won't be as fast as 3G, but it'll be faster than what I have now, and it'll give me something more to look forward to. As usual, Ethan says it well. Let's all calm down, stop speculating at what Apple might or might not do (they have to let others develop apps or widgets, even if it's just in a tightly-controlled environment), and just go back to being amazed at how cool the iPhone looks. Now I just hope that my Treo lasts until this summer. Some of the keys are starting to feel mushy and it only seems to vibrate when it feels like it.
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First of all, happy 2007! I finally have a free moment to catch up here and record some thoughts and findings again. I haven't forgotten about the site, but it's been on the back burner over the past month or so. Travel, wedding planning, final exams, more travel, and holidays will do that. I have a couple of thoughts that I've been meaning to post, so hopefully those will make it out of my head soon. In the meantime, here's what you should be taking with the world's largest grain of salt:
Kevin Shields tries to guarantee that My Bloody Valentine will make another record. Of course, there's no time frame or description of who MBV will actually be on the record (just Kevin, or will the others come back, too?) I feel pretty safe in saying that if he hasn't started on it yet, we shouldn't start holding our breath until at least 2009 and even that is probably pretty optimistic.
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