“I’m on the phone.” “But I am on the megaphone. Megaphone wins.”

broderic on September 14, 2007

Twenty-five years ago Grace Kelly with her daughter in the passenger seat runs her car off a twisty road in Monaco. Her daughter survives but Princess Grace is dead. The official cause of death was a stroke. But there were other suspicions. Doubtful. It was eerily similar to a scene in Hitchcock's "To Catch A Thief." She weaves her way around the windy, twisty roads of the French Riviera with only Cary Grant to save her.

Where was her Cary Grant?

Will there ever be another one like her?

"Voluptuous?" "Pretty and fat."

broderic on September 14, 2007


Ghost Blinds
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.
IPhone distorts some of the pictures it takes. I don’t know technically how it happens. It seems that most of the image processing is done via software, and it is slow in reacting to the moving image. So when iPhone writes to its flash storage, it captures the movement as well.

I also got one of those defective cameras which distort the image color. Most of my photos come out with a greenish tinge. While I would love to take it back for replacement, I like how it makes the image a tad more interesting.

The deficiencies makes for some interesting photos.

“What if you’re managing something and you’re standing right next to a stupid guy.”

broderic on September 12, 2007

I’m saddened by this six year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Have we learned anything from them?

I have a feeling that we decided, in anger, to do something. Anything. And it was being led by president fucktard that we haven’t gotten anything done.

Bin laden is still out there. He’s taunted us again and again.

But all our government can do is say, “Dick Cavett!”

Can’t we do anything right?

“Come on, people! In the right hands, knife targeting is safer than driving.”

broderic on September 11, 2007

School has started. Taking two classes. It’s going to be an interesting year.

Both are reading and discussing classes. The first one is a business school class, ethics and social responsibility. I’m glad to know that they like to teach it to the MBA majors, but the corporation is an entirely different beast. The second is software engineering maintenance and software evolution. Sounds boring, but that is also my job. It’s boring, too.

Meh. I’m not complaining. Yet.

“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.