"I've long had a hankering to wire money to wolfson, but never took any steps to do so because it's downtown you know, and that's such a hassle to get to. But it turns out that mailing money isn't any more expensive than sending it Western Union, so now I extra want to do it."
Crystal meth bender, bah. He should have snuffled the bills with great sucking snorts, to get high off the residual cocaine. He should have done this in the produce section of Whole Foods.
Oh, I dimly recall now that I read about its video camera. I got it because it has a big (for a cell phone) beautiful display, high speed (for a cell phone) internet access, and the Opera mini-browser, which is really nice. If they were offering a blog IV drip, I would have just gotten that.
I'm a bit of a gadget freak, and it doesn't strike me as a very interesting phone. My recollection is that they're coming out with nice PDA/phones that have WiFi, decent keyboards, and cameras. Those are phones worth getting. (This, though still in development, is a phone worth blogging about.)
He felt freakish back then because all the boys used to tease him for having a dick bigger than any of the adults they knew. Calling him Donkey Boy and other stuff that would embarrass him.
It's not a very interesting phone, and it's about to be replaced by the 6682. That's why it was cheap. But it does what I need quite nicely. I'm undecided about the little keyboards. I used an ipaq 4350 for a while, and always wanted a real keyboard anyway. The wifi was nice, but I think a decent cell connection will actually be more useful. This was my second choice, but it's chintzy.
Real phones have curves.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 12:17 PM
Wouldn't it have been more efficient to just set the requisite amount of money on fire?
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 12:27 PM
yeah, what Tim said - how much?
Posted by mike d | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:05 PM
Ahem. You could at least have spent the money on something that would have made an interesting post, like a crystal meth bender.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:25 PM
Or you could have sent the money to me.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:28 PM
How would that make for an interesting blog post?
"I've long had a hankering to wire money to wolfson, but never took any steps to do so because it's downtown you know, and that's such a hassle to get to. But it turns out that mailing money isn't any more expensive than sending it Western Union, so now I extra want to do it."
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:33 PM
Crystal meth bender, bah. He should have snuffled the bills with great sucking snorts, to get high off the residual cocaine. He should have done this in the produce section of Whole Foods.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:36 PM
I said or, Apo.
snuffled the bills with great sucking snorts
Beautiful.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:41 PM
Geez. *I* like to know what gadgets other people are using. $130. Cheep.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:51 PM
Wait Timbot, you've been "cell only" for years, what's your problem with the phone?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:53 PM
Huh. I think my imagery there owes something to Lucy Mangan's grilled moron maneuver.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:58 PM
I'm cell only, but my phone doesn't have a video camera. And I didn't pay for it.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 1:59 PM
Geez.
I kid because I love, Ogged.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:02 PM
Oh, I dimly recall now that I read about its video camera. I got it because it has a big (for a cell phone) beautiful display, high speed (for a cell phone) internet access, and the Opera mini-browser, which is really nice. If they were offering a blog IV drip, I would have just gotten that.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:03 PM
I kid because I love
I like Jim Henley's variation: we kid because...we're kidders!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:04 PM
For the record, I had nothing to do with this.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:13 PM
I'm a bit of a gadget freak, and it doesn't strike me as a very interesting phone. My recollection is that they're coming out with nice PDA/phones that have WiFi, decent keyboards, and cameras. Those are phones worth getting. (This, though still in development, is a phone worth blogging about.)
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:16 PM
This really resonated with me.
Kids can be so cruel.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:17 PM
But did you ever
And did you succed only inPosted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:24 PM
It's not a very interesting phone, and it's about to be replaced by the 6682. That's why it was cheap. But it does what I need quite nicely. I'm undecided about the little keyboards. I used an ipaq 4350 for a while, and always wanted a real keyboard anyway. The wifi was nice, but I think a decent cell connection will actually be more useful. This was my second choice, but it's chintzy.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:24 PM
I quoted the part that resonated, SB.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:26 PM
the part that resonated
a/k/a Conor O'Burst.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 2:34 PM
Ogged is taking dictation from his talking emo schlong and it's just me and the crickets out here. Let's get it together, people. Dictation!
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 7:20 PM
Let's get it together, people. Dictation!
A great bit from Richard Thompson's "Why Must I Plead":
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-25-05 7:41 PM
Chirp.
Posted by Crickets | Link to this comment | 07-26-05 7:52 AM
CHA cha cha cha
Posted by Jason Voorhees | Link to this comment | 07-26-05 7:59 AM
Now that phones are in the "let's include everything we possibly can including the kitchen sink" phase of development I ask the following question:
When does a phone with camera and video player and music player and internet browser become a PDA with a phone?
Posted by Tripp | Link to this comment | 07-26-05 8:33 AM
When you start licking the phone.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-26-05 8:35 AM