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Archive for September, 2007

iPhone and a new job

Posted by Jordan on September 28th, 2007

A few months back I listed my reasons for not getting an iPhone. After talking with friends *cough*dave*cough*, I pared down my true deal-breaker objections to two items: 1) locked to at&t with a two year contract, and 2) no third-party apps. None of that widget crap, I wanted real programs.  Of course, [...]

As heard at the Wiens house

Posted by Jordan on September 24th, 2007

Be forewarned–Jaime informs me this wasn’t the funny the first time, and it won’t be funny repeated. Oh well. Discretion may be the better part of valor, but it’s not prominent in my repertoire.
Jaime: When you make a burrito, what do you do with it?
Jordan: Well, some folks like to take them outside [...]

Not good for my free time

Posted by Jordan on September 10th, 2007

I’ve clearly been playing too much Planet Puzzle League.  Of course, I’ve been cutting back as much as possible to finish up some more adult tasks, and then last night I remembered that it has an online Nintendo WFC play mode I hadn’t even tried.
I’m still not exactly sure how the “Birthday Challenge” mode works.  [...]

Less than tasty irony

Posted by Jordan on September 6th, 2007

A few days ago I helped my brother in-law recover his “lost” addressbook. It disappeared from his Mac and he sync’ed his palm assuming that the contacts would be put back in place. Not so — instead, the “newer” empty addressbook overwrote the palm. We were able to recover the address book [...]