[B]attery life is more of a challenge for the iPhone than for its competitors, because Apple’s multitouch darling entices you to actually do the things that burn through your charge like a Roman candle. It’s so easy to surf the Web, play graphics-intensive games, and geolocate your buddies that the iPhone is less likely to hang out in your pocket in standby mode, waiting for a silly phone call. — Steven Levy, "Why the iPhone Is Almost Perfect " ¶ An excellent summary of the iPhone 3G’s biggest flaw, which is, I guess, a result of the iPhone 3G being so fucking awesome.
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Vacation MessageFrom: littlewoodenman.com
Post Date: 2007-12-22 05:52:22
Posting is going to be erratic (so, basically, the way it is now!) since we’ll be on the road for the next three weeks or so. We’re spending Christmas in San Esteban again (only this time without the crazy faith healing ). Then we’re going to Trujillo, where Angel says we’re doing absolutely nothing for as long as possible. Fine by me! Later we meet up with Angel’s parents in San Pedro Sula for a whirlwind tour of Honduras, which includes Cop�...
more No! Not Six! Three! Three! A Thousand Times Three!From: littlewoodenman.com
Post Date: 2007-12-14 16:28:34
For all my humble mastery of the Spanish language, there is one thing that still knocks me down a peg or two—namely, giving out my phone number over the phone. It drives me absolutely bonkers.
I just spent almost ten minutes on the phone with a local pizza place, trying to give them my phone number for a delivery. The part of my phone number that gives me the most trouble is 33. Now, tres (”three” in Spanish) can sound an awful lot like seis (”six”...
more Kill It! Kill It! Kill It!From: littlewoodenman.com
Post Date: 2007-12-12 20:30:20
So, we had dinner with the Olancho Aid volunteers tonight. Rob and Kristi live next door and have been having a bit of a mouse problem in their house lately. Kristi has encountered more than one mouse in their bed . While eating dessert I spotted a mouse running across their kitchen floor so Rob, Carlos and I trapped it behind the fridge, and then Carlos stomped the life out of it.
This put all the girls on edge a little bit and we got to talking about spiders, scorpions, rats, mice a...
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