So this one is rather cliche, yet it is rather funny to me that he's actually said this...
Anyone who is not an anime/manga fan will probably not understand this... but I never expected to see my son have a sister complex.
Yesterday he looked at me and said "I'm going to help with taking care of my sister. Then when we are older we are going to get married."
At least he doesn't dislike having a sister like I had at first expected.
29 December 2009
27 December 2009
Why Iphones suck.
Decided to go practical for a change, i've been telling many people that iphones suck, easier to put it somewhere that people can just read it at their leisure.
Centralized software depot. This means apple controls what they will allow on your phone. They have been known to approve or disapprove based on economic and political reasons. A normal windows mobile phone you can install anything you want.
No SD card slot. You have to pay a huge amount extra to get bigger storage, which means phone replacement. You cant just load up a card from another source and put it in the phone.
Internal battery. If the phone locks up you cant remove the battery to hard reset. If the battery dies or has issues, you cant just replace it, it's a full phone replacement
Bluetooth devices: so far all we've ever seen work are headset devices. And these dont tend to stay connected very reliably at least for the wife's phone.
Cost of apps. Some are free, some are not. Those that aren't might just be a buck... but that adds up. Nickel and dime yourself all you want, I can find as much stuff for other phones for free.
Lacking Java support. This is something most people including myself are betting will never be added to an iphone. Just means that some things just wont work with your phone.
Proprietary cable: the connector for your iphone only works with iphones. The phones i've had for the past 3 years have all used mini usb connections. If i lose the cable the phone came with, any old 2 dollar mini usb cable works. For charging AND data.
Support sux: wife had her phone's cable break in a way that it really shouldn't have, the insulator seperated from the plug on the usb end. She called them, they took FOREVER to send a replacement that they claimed would be free, yet they still charged her account 30 bucks for a new cable.
Movie support: finally with the new version of the iphone they can take videos, something that other makers have been able to do for years.
Cold issues: we were recently driving home, and the phone had been left in the vehicle for a little while. It had gotten cold enough that it refused to recognize touches. No way to answer a call, or do really anything cept turn off the phone and change the volume.
On screen keyboard: This thing is clunky and slow, eating up most of your screen real estate. The feedback the UI gives doesn't really do much to help on exactly where the phone was touched.
Finger touch only: gotta do something more precision? You are SOL on that. It only will allow a finger touch. Most touch screen phones can be used with stylus', fingernails, the corner of a pen cap, even a mechanical pencil with the lead retracted. Anything that can make a single point of contact. To some extent I can easily control my phone with fingertips as well. HTC solved this with it's TouchFlo interface, although I find phones with it on run extremely sluggishly.
Accessory expense: you end up paying 2 times the price of something just because of the branding. This does come with a benefit, in that you know it will work with your device if it's labeled as such, or will it? You need to watch to make sure the device works with specific versions of the iphone since things for the original iphone dont work with the iphone 3g, etc... Apple's video converter to connect to a TV costs 40-100 depending on where you look, i think i paid 10 for my HTC.
Screen resolution isnt keeping up with the times. It's not too bad, but considering for a free to 75 refurb non iphone i'm getting 640x480 resolutions... very clear for pics and videos.
Learning curve: it's a flat line. Good in many ways, but the double edged sword here, you cant go far beyond simple with what your phone actually can do... if you are buying a multifunction smart phone, that implies you are looking for something beyond the very simple for the most part.
Cant replace the battery with an extended life version.
The only thing i can say good about the iphone, is that as an actual phone it's good quality sound and signal... but honestly, if you are buying an iphone, you probably are looking for more than phone functionality.
Storage usefulness: In a pinch at work I can use my phone as a USB flash drive to transfer files to people.
MS Office support is lacking. From what i can tell, you can read but not edit these things. Without Excel or other spreadsheet support, your computing ability is that of a basic calculator. Sucktastic! My old Palm IIIx could surpass that in all it's monochrome glory!
Useless main page: In order to get any information or such you need to actually DO something. Most good smart phones out there allow you to customize the main page of the phone so that you have all that you need when you turn the phone on and look. Mine shows me how many messages i have, the forecast, and a few items of my schedule.
Push to talk, for those who are fans of this, is not available on the iphone.
Tethering, a technique where you can set up your phone to put your laptop on the internet, is rather a pain in the butt last i checked, requiring a lot of hacking stuff. It's inherently supported in a LOT of devices out there with little to no effort involved.
If you like to use sync features of a phone, iphones dont support wifi and bluetooth sync last i checked.
No light or flash for the phone. This is a feature that is becoming more and more common with phones. I can use my HTC's light for camera use, as well as add an app to the phone that allows me to use it as a flashlight in a pinch.
Multitasking. This has been around for a long time with windows mobile, and some other phones are doing it well, such as the Palm Pre.
MMS support was only finally added in recent versions... now a null issue.
About the only real good thing i can think of is if you know of a very specific piece of software that only an iphone can use for whatever work equipment you use or such. And even then, do you really want to be even more attached to your work?
I'll add to this post as time goes by if i think of other things wrong with the iPhone as the phone of choice for anyone besides the dummies out there who can buy into the kult of apple.
Centralized software depot. This means apple controls what they will allow on your phone. They have been known to approve or disapprove based on economic and political reasons. A normal windows mobile phone you can install anything you want.
No SD card slot. You have to pay a huge amount extra to get bigger storage, which means phone replacement. You cant just load up a card from another source and put it in the phone.
Internal battery. If the phone locks up you cant remove the battery to hard reset. If the battery dies or has issues, you cant just replace it, it's a full phone replacement
Bluetooth devices: so far all we've ever seen work are headset devices. And these dont tend to stay connected very reliably at least for the wife's phone.
Cost of apps. Some are free, some are not. Those that aren't might just be a buck... but that adds up. Nickel and dime yourself all you want, I can find as much stuff for other phones for free.
Lacking Java support. This is something most people including myself are betting will never be added to an iphone. Just means that some things just wont work with your phone.
Proprietary cable: the connector for your iphone only works with iphones. The phones i've had for the past 3 years have all used mini usb connections. If i lose the cable the phone came with, any old 2 dollar mini usb cable works. For charging AND data.
Support sux: wife had her phone's cable break in a way that it really shouldn't have, the insulator seperated from the plug on the usb end. She called them, they took FOREVER to send a replacement that they claimed would be free, yet they still charged her account 30 bucks for a new cable.
Movie support: finally with the new version of the iphone they can take videos, something that other makers have been able to do for years.
Cold issues: we were recently driving home, and the phone had been left in the vehicle for a little while. It had gotten cold enough that it refused to recognize touches. No way to answer a call, or do really anything cept turn off the phone and change the volume.
On screen keyboard: This thing is clunky and slow, eating up most of your screen real estate. The feedback the UI gives doesn't really do much to help on exactly where the phone was touched.
Finger touch only: gotta do something more precision? You are SOL on that. It only will allow a finger touch. Most touch screen phones can be used with stylus', fingernails, the corner of a pen cap, even a mechanical pencil with the lead retracted. Anything that can make a single point of contact. To some extent I can easily control my phone with fingertips as well. HTC solved this with it's TouchFlo interface, although I find phones with it on run extremely sluggishly.
Accessory expense: you end up paying 2 times the price of something just because of the branding. This does come with a benefit, in that you know it will work with your device if it's labeled as such, or will it? You need to watch to make sure the device works with specific versions of the iphone since things for the original iphone dont work with the iphone 3g, etc... Apple's video converter to connect to a TV costs 40-100 depending on where you look, i think i paid 10 for my HTC.
Screen resolution isnt keeping up with the times. It's not too bad, but considering for a free to 75 refurb non iphone i'm getting 640x480 resolutions... very clear for pics and videos.
Learning curve: it's a flat line. Good in many ways, but the double edged sword here, you cant go far beyond simple with what your phone actually can do... if you are buying a multifunction smart phone, that implies you are looking for something beyond the very simple for the most part.
Cant replace the battery with an extended life version.
The only thing i can say good about the iphone, is that as an actual phone it's good quality sound and signal... but honestly, if you are buying an iphone, you probably are looking for more than phone functionality.
Storage usefulness: In a pinch at work I can use my phone as a USB flash drive to transfer files to people.
MS Office support is lacking. From what i can tell, you can read but not edit these things. Without Excel or other spreadsheet support, your computing ability is that of a basic calculator. Sucktastic! My old Palm IIIx could surpass that in all it's monochrome glory!
Useless main page: In order to get any information or such you need to actually DO something. Most good smart phones out there allow you to customize the main page of the phone so that you have all that you need when you turn the phone on and look. Mine shows me how many messages i have, the forecast, and a few items of my schedule.
Push to talk, for those who are fans of this, is not available on the iphone.
Tethering, a technique where you can set up your phone to put your laptop on the internet, is rather a pain in the butt last i checked, requiring a lot of hacking stuff. It's inherently supported in a LOT of devices out there with little to no effort involved.
If you like to use sync features of a phone, iphones dont support wifi and bluetooth sync last i checked.
No light or flash for the phone. This is a feature that is becoming more and more common with phones. I can use my HTC's light for camera use, as well as add an app to the phone that allows me to use it as a flashlight in a pinch.
Multitasking. This has been around for a long time with windows mobile, and some other phones are doing it well, such as the Palm Pre.
MMS support was only finally added in recent versions... now a null issue.
About the only real good thing i can think of is if you know of a very specific piece of software that only an iphone can use for whatever work equipment you use or such. And even then, do you really want to be even more attached to your work?
I'll add to this post as time goes by if i think of other things wrong with the iPhone as the phone of choice for anyone besides the dummies out there who can buy into the kult of apple.
24 December 2009
Stupid people and elevators
Considering that elevators have been around since B.C. times, it never ceases to amaze me that people still cannot figure out the basics of elevators. Anyone who knows me has probably heard the rant about how dumb people must be to not realize that people are going to be walking out of the elevator when it stops. Because they are too dumb to realize this, they try to jam themselves into the elevator before anyone can get off, thus causing a challenge. My answer to this when I'm around, I get as close to the elevator doors as I can when exiting the elevator and make it a point to not let people on until I've exited. Sadly I have yet to put anyone on the floor doing this, but I will bet it will happen someday.
Yesterday I had an even funnier experience. I was on the first floor of a building that has only one floor below the first floor. The elevator was going down. I get on the elevator to find the only other person on the elevator to be a very hot looking woman with a name badge on that indicated she worked there.
She asks me "What floor do you need?"
To which I reply "The elevator is going down, there's only one floor for me to go to."
At this point one should have figured out I'm not sleep deprived or disoriented, I am aware the elevator is going down, thus it's rather obvious what is needed.
"So which floor do you need?" she asks again.
"Um, we're on the FIRST floor, the elevator is going DOWN, there's only ONE level below this one... obvious right?" with a rather bored and almost impatient tone, I was in no mood to play the game.
She looks at me with some combination of deer in the headlights, inbred dog, and that look that only a trained porn professional can give, that look that seems suprised when a load of sperm is shot all over her face and mouth, as if she didn't know what was going to come out. "Which floor?"
I did everything in my power to not laugh, to not yell, and to just let this strange woman go about her life of work, waiting till she was out of earshot to giggle like a maniac, understanding that there's got to be some underlying reason she's actually able to attain and maintain some form of professional job.
Sadly in today's world there are some people who without any other form of handicap that are too dumb to use an elevator.
Yesterday I had an even funnier experience. I was on the first floor of a building that has only one floor below the first floor. The elevator was going down. I get on the elevator to find the only other person on the elevator to be a very hot looking woman with a name badge on that indicated she worked there.
She asks me "What floor do you need?"
To which I reply "The elevator is going down, there's only one floor for me to go to."
At this point one should have figured out I'm not sleep deprived or disoriented, I am aware the elevator is going down, thus it's rather obvious what is needed.
"So which floor do you need?" she asks again.
"Um, we're on the FIRST floor, the elevator is going DOWN, there's only ONE level below this one... obvious right?" with a rather bored and almost impatient tone, I was in no mood to play the game.
She looks at me with some combination of deer in the headlights, inbred dog, and that look that only a trained porn professional can give, that look that seems suprised when a load of sperm is shot all over her face and mouth, as if she didn't know what was going to come out. "Which floor?"
I did everything in my power to not laugh, to not yell, and to just let this strange woman go about her life of work, waiting till she was out of earshot to giggle like a maniac, understanding that there's got to be some underlying reason she's actually able to attain and maintain some form of professional job.
Sadly in today's world there are some people who without any other form of handicap that are too dumb to use an elevator.
19 December 2009
No named iced tea
So I dont have a name for it... but i like it.
Personally I like a good microbrew beer occasionally and such, but I am nowhere near the type that finds any kind of beer "clean and refreshing". Hefeweisen or other unfiltered wheat beers come close with a few pieces of citrus fruit... but they really still don't do it.
Granted, I also don't find carbonated beverages or overly sugared beverages refreshing.
I'd rather have either some ice cold Fiji water, or perhaps Teas' Tea brand teas. Given these preferences, I don't know how others will feel, but I found something I like. It's not going to get you drunk, or probably even buzzed...
Fill one tall glass halfway with ice
Fill ~4/5ths of the way with lipton cold brew iced tea
Add a dash and a shake of Jacquin's Grenadine
Add a dash to taste of your preferred lemon liquor
Serve.
Cool, refreshing, not overly strong of anything. Maybe garnish with a bit of lemon and a cherry?
Personally I like a good microbrew beer occasionally and such, but I am nowhere near the type that finds any kind of beer "clean and refreshing". Hefeweisen or other unfiltered wheat beers come close with a few pieces of citrus fruit... but they really still don't do it.
Granted, I also don't find carbonated beverages or overly sugared beverages refreshing.
I'd rather have either some ice cold Fiji water, or perhaps Teas' Tea brand teas. Given these preferences, I don't know how others will feel, but I found something I like. It's not going to get you drunk, or probably even buzzed...
Fill one tall glass halfway with ice
Fill ~4/5ths of the way with lipton cold brew iced tea
Add a dash and a shake of Jacquin's Grenadine
Add a dash to taste of your preferred lemon liquor
Serve.
Cool, refreshing, not overly strong of anything. Maybe garnish with a bit of lemon and a cherry?
17 December 2009
Marriage changes things
So when I was young, the number was 69, just like two people facing each other with heads in the opposite direction...
Now after twelve years of marriage, the number is 96, sleeping as far away from the other person as possible...
Now after twelve years of marriage, the number is 96, sleeping as far away from the other person as possible...
Daddy meal.
People never cease to amuse me.
We were waiting at the hospital for a room for about 4 hours the day of the birthing. A group of people came in, seems a woman went into labor and came into the hospital, she didnt even know she was pregnant. I guess she had brought in her extended family, there was a herd of them waiting outside the waiting room.
They must have come extremely unprepared since they were begging people for food. One of them had a backpack and almost got lynched by the rest of the family when it was discovered they had a small amount of candy in it. Correct me if i'm wrong but cant a human survive for 20-40 days without food? May not be comfortable but wow, 3-4 hours and they think the whole world is their welfare check.
After some time, they were finally being taken in to get a room and deal with the baby ejection. The father goes up to the receptionists and begins declaring "Now where the hell's my daddy meal! I know i got rights to be gettin me dat daddy meal! I better be gettin me one or I is gonna be writin my legislator. I'm gonna write my legislator and you gonna be in trouble! I want my damn daddy dinner!"
Today we left the hospital and saw the woman standing outside in 25 degree cold in her hospital attire and her coats on, chain smoking. No suprise.
Birth Control?!?
So my wife got out of the hospital today, on the way out they gave her prescriptions for various things, to include condoms. During her time there she was asked many times about her birth control plans. I guess the prescription is good because people can often use their insurance to get them for free, but we still giggled a lot on the way home.
My idea: "Birth control? I masturbate."
Her reply: "I suggested Ann Coulter"
"It's like Nancy Reagan. Just say no."
"No, I wouldn't screw you with Ann Coulter's penis. Perhaps if you wore an Ann Coulter latex mask it'd keep me away."
"You know you want another child... "
She replies as always "No" with a glare at me.
"You know, women arent the only ones that can put holes in condoms and substitute sugar pills for your birth control..."
"NO"
My idea: "Birth control? I masturbate."
Her reply: "I suggested Ann Coulter"
"It's like Nancy Reagan. Just say no."
"No, I wouldn't screw you with Ann Coulter's penis. Perhaps if you wore an Ann Coulter latex mask it'd keep me away."
"You know you want another child... "
She replies as always "No" with a glare at me.
"You know, women arent the only ones that can put holes in condoms and substitute sugar pills for your birth control..."
"NO"
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