Something you don't see every day...

Along the lines of things Owen & Asher won't know what they are, pay phones. Today after lunch with a friend, I was walking to my car (Wisconsin & Macomb), and there like some monument to the past were not one but two pay phones. I can't remember the last time I've saw a pay phone on the street. Had to take a picture of it with my iPhone.

My iPhone is dead...Long live my iPhone

So I got a new phone Friday. Its a new iPhone, I'm never giving up that phone despite the crappy AT&T coverage (I'm thinking of getting this device to boost the signal in my house which ranges from fine upstairs to intermittent in the dining room to no signal in the kitchen or living room).

I had to give the Genius a tough line to get them to replace my phone, it seems even the geniuses are not up to speed on the iPhones, I seemed to know more about the battery issues than the Genius. It took over and hour, but its done.

We'll see if it makes a difference.

A New World.

I saw this report which got me thinking about the fact that my 2 sons, Owen & Asher, will probably never own a TV without a DVR of some kind. They will never know the pain of having to sit through commercials with no recourse.

That and the iPhone got me thinking about convergence. The iPhone is the best and latest example of that trend. In my phone, I can send it mails, watch movies, browse the web even work on documents (though currently that support is limited to web based apps). What's to stop TV makers from putting the tivo right into the TV? How far is it until you have your tv as your computer, phone (via bluetooth or something new), tivo?

It seems the obstacles to that future are more business related than technology related. It would take a company like Apple to make it happen.

iPhone Battery

Sigh,

I've tried restoring, I've tried turning it off while I charge it. But my battery on the beloved iphone does not seem to be holding up well at all. With very little use its down to like 25%, I feel like I have to conserve power or charge it throughout the day.

Now, I can understand if I was using it constantly, but it seems to happen regardless of how much I use it. So tomorrow I have an appointment with the Geniuses at the Apple Store to see about returning it. BTW, if you ever have to see the Apple Geniuses, you can make a reservation, which I would really recommend.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Asher's official measurements

Asher O'Connell-Strasberg
July 12, 2007

Height: 28"
Weight: 16lbs 14 oz
Head: 17 1/8"

Still Loving the iPhone, but AT&T...

I still love my iPhone, everyday I'm more impressed with the simplicity and elegance of the interface. I'm curious to see what other cell companies start coming out with to compete with Apple. I doubt it'll be as nice, but it'll be interesting.

To AT&T, argh! Why couldn't Apple and Verizon figured things out? Oh why or why? AT&T's signal is so spotty, it seems to come and go for no apparent reason. Do I ever think of switching back to Verizon? Not really, the phone is too cool to give up, so I'll live with the hope that AT&T starts pouring money back into their network.

Eaglefiler: The Answer to my filing needs?

Trying out Eaglefiler
a Yojimbo, ChronosNotes like software program. I have to say I'm kinda liking it, and for $40 is not really expensive. It has a Mac Mail interface, and stores your files as real files on your hard drive instead of some proprietary index file, one result of that is that it can take any file type you throw at it.

I was always disappointed with Yojimbo because my word files became RTF and lost formating. I just wish I had seen this program before I had upgraded Curio.

Is there room in my life for 2 filing cabinet software packages?