Category Archives: personal

enjoying olympic coverage

I actually think NBC is doing a rather decent job thus far. And I have 3 HD channels covering it (NBC HD, USA HD, and UHD). I get all my mainstream sports on NBC, and can also flip over to USA or UHD to grab some of the obscure ones (handball, sabre, badminton… [...]

running ’round today

Pretty amazing that two weeks on the iPhone is still so scarce. We strolled by the Apple store in PA around noon and it was already sold out for the day (they apparently handed out claim tickets to avoid having a long line). I don’t have the patience to do more than just [...]

waiting game

So the current set of rumors (I never thought I’d sink this low… it won’t happen again) is that the iPhone SDK will be tightly controlled (Bad) and that a 3G revision is due sometime this summer. Ugh.
First of all, the fact that the iPhone didn’t ship with a native SDK (or that Steve [...]

my next phone

Next month my contract with Cingular AT&T, at which point I can either switch providers or get a discount on a phone upgrade. I can’t see any compelling reason to switch to either Sprint, Verizon or Tmobile. Most people I’d call are on the AT&T network (so you get the mobile to mobile [...]

why no dogs?

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no dogs allowed, originally uploaded by griphiam.

Damn it! Why is everyone so against pets in the housing and rental markets (especially the latter). Yes, I know, I know… If you were a landlord [...]

happy new year

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Family @ Northstar, originally uploaded by griphiam.
While skiing was a week too early (the big storm is just hitting now), it was fun to actually ski after a [...]

down time for the holidays

Talk about a busy time… Sorry there hasn’t been much by way of updates.  Things are a little crazy at the moment (as well as nothing I really feel strongly about opining on).
Enjoy the holidays!