“Shredding the instruction book for the shredder. Talk about your mind blowing irony.”

broderic on September 6, 2007

Can I whine about the iPhone price drop? I mean I bought it the first day. I bought into the hype. Steve Jobs owes me. He OWES me $200!

Bullocks!

I knew buying an iPhone then meant getting stuck with a 1.0 release. Being first when getting some kind of tech gadget means that you'll be bummed out when the 2.0 comes out.

And it will come out.

It won't be in the form of an 16 GB iPhone. That'll come this Christmas.

But iPhone 2.0 will be sleeker, cooler, sexier. It will be more powerful. It will have a longer battery life. It will be available for other carriers. It will have cooler applications. It will be another thing to drool over. It will cost cheaper for the amount of features it has. It may still cost $600 but will certainly be worth it.

It's coming. You'll want to buy it. You'll buy it.

And then Apple will pull the rug from under you, drop the price, and bring out iPhone 3.0. Let the whining begin again.

“Cadbury got up early this morning and left, along with my wallet, my credit cards, my TV, my stereo and most of my furniture.”

broderic on September 5, 2007

Steve Jobs, that magnificent bastard, lowered the price for the iPhone to $399. That’s $200 cheaper than two months ago. Let the whining begin.

Hey, CapitolSwell can you start a letter writing campaign?

UPDATE: They got the 4 GB iPhone going for $299 while supplies last. Looks to be we’re gonna be getting that 16 GB version for Christmas!

"All hail Dave, the hated boss! "

broderic on September 5, 2007


Ven y ven
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.
This picture turned out better than I thought. As the comment says, it is my second favorite of the photos from the trip to spain.

We had to use the bathroom soon after pulling out of the other servicio joint, and we pull into here. This place was located near a wind farm, large windmills generating renewable resource energy. If I had turned around and took a picture, you would’ve seen an homage to Cervantes’s Don Quixote.

“Boo, Lisa. Boo.”

broderic on September 5, 2007

The Nanny Diaries.

Better than expected considering that it is currently at 31% approval at RottenTomatoes.com. Look I don’t think it was the greatest movie this summer or this year, but it was serviceable. I liked the story even if it was predictable. I didn’t think that Scarlett Johansson sucked. She was okay. I liked the flourishes the directors did.

But I didn’t read the book. But who cares?

I certainly don’t define my movie viewing habits by who gives what to which movie.

I liked it.

3 of 5 stars.

“Boo, Bill. Boo.”

broderic on September 2, 2007

If you haven’t received it, I sent out an invitation to view my Espana 2007 photos on my flickr account. I tried telling a photo story about the family vacation. Hopefully, you get the idea about what went on for me on this vacation.

Enjoy.

Leche, Queso, y Merv Griffin

broderic on August 30, 2007

Merv Griffin passed away earlier this month. When I heard about it always reminded me about the classic Milk & Cheese strip. Seems they're also selling this where you get your good leche y queso stuff.R.I.P Merv Griffin

Another Old Timey Movie Star Birthday

broderic on August 29, 2007

Ingrid Bergman would've been 92 today.

Although Barbara Stanwyck is now my all time favorite, Bergman is one of the greats. What can one say of the gal in Casablanca? What more needsto be said? Catch her in Notorious and Gaslight which are some of her early Hollywood work. Then check out Autumn Sonata is the twilight of her career working with another Swede, Ingmar Bergman. She's still beautiful in it.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000006/