“When you can't run, you crawl. And when you can't crawl…”
Yeah, you know the rest.
Neil Gaiman had an excellent observation on the Virginia Tech shooting.
[Read more of "An Important Lesson"]From almost the moment that I stepped onto the UK campus with the intent of obtaining a degree in art, I heard a name. It was at the summer advising conference. It wasn't people bitching about a teacher they hated, it was a recommendation. Study with Ross, they said. Ross Zirkle is a great teacher, they said. He's my favorite professor.
[Read more of "Cheers"]So, for roughly three weeks, I've been sick with the cold. It's mostly gone; just some coughing, but it's annoying. Several days after getting sick, I started feeling down.
[Read more of "Down and out in the Milky Way"]So, the Apple iPhone.
It looked pretty cool, I admit. I might have bought one. But not now.
- No third party apps. Deal-breaker for that alone. Closed computing is not only uninteresting to me, it's actively repellent.
- Locked to Cingular. Yes, I know the service has to support visual voicemail and other such. I've absolutely zero interest in Cingular. T-Mobile works just fine for me.
- Apparently you can't change the battery, much like the iPod. Is this some weird Apple design philosophy or something?
- It only has 4/8 gigs. For that price, I'd better be getting at least 20 on the low end.
