After several false-starts, I finally stood in line long enough to pick up a new iPhone yesterday. Three hours, in fact. On a Sunday morning. When I left I counted over 40 people still waiting - nuts how this still hasn’t calmed down.

The nice Apple store employee seemed a little happy while he was setting me up - “Ah, thank god,” were his exact words while we were transferring my account from an old iPhone to a new one. “Been crazy?” I asked, trying to make small talk while he was tapping away on his handheld computer. “You wouldn’t believe...” he responded, not looking up. All-in-all it took five minutes once I got into the store, he said it could take up to 30 minutes (or more) when setting up a new account. Yikes.

Anyways, the phone is rad. I don’t get 3G at the house (which has always had spotty reception), but since I’m on WiFi there it doesn’t matter. Everywhere else I tested it’s golden. Love the speed, and the GPS is way more accurate than I expected, especially while moving - starting to believe the 2.1 update might really allow for true turn-by-turn.

The all plastic feel is great, and I love the new curved molding - the phone seems a little smaller and lighter because of it. Noticed the decreased battery life already, but I’m planning on picking one of these up, just in case. Overall, very happy - both with the phone itself and the fact I finally got one.

Tags: Apple

It’s Sunday and I’m at home, ready for a relaxing day. Well, other than helping a pal move, but I owe him much more than a move can repay, so that’s all moot. Work has been crazy, and we’re just about to make our first submission - the game is looking great, and I think people are going to be very surprised by the type of content it holds. A mini-game collection it’s not.

Recent Things:



Beat MGS4 last weekend. Such a game for the fans, and since I am one, oh my god - wonderful. I haven’t been this thrilled and moved and shocked by a game in many, many years. It was a perfect ending to a powerful series, and it made me a happy person to have followed it since it’s conception.

Also, the bonus disc is great. I haven’t watched the “external” reflection video yet (which I hear is amazing), but the “internal” one made me laugh. It’s great to see a company as talented as Kojima Studios having surprisingly similar “issues” as we’re having now. Ah, game development.



Downloaded the database, which is surprisingly addictive. Only about 40% through, and I’m already appreciating this series even more.

I still haven’t bought a new iPhone, was more excited about the software than the hardware, but that’s about to change. Super love the 2.0 upgrade, and the app store is amazing. But now I need more speed - downloading new RSS feeds through NetNewsWire (the over-the-air syncing is so great - especially how it auto-updates read-status on other devices when you get new feeds) or updating the “push” features in MobileMe is noticeably laggy. Gah.

Tags: Games, Apple

Image from Engadget

New iPhone? Very cool. Can’t believe the price. Very happy with the new features. And the App Store is going to be a nice place, especially for games.



But I’m almost more excited about MobileMe - .Mac has sucked for a while now (or, at the very least, has been very stagnate), and this is the perfect solution. Love the push features, and it finally makes email on the iPhone not completely ass.

July 11th can’t come fast enough...

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I've been wanting the mac version of Dreamweaver for some time now, but it was always out of my price and need ranges... I did finally pick it up today, though, mainly thanks to an incredible family and their awesome birthday present. :)



I also got this:



OMG it's huge. Like, Bible huge. Yikes, this is going to take a while to really get into...

And this:



Wow. Much, much, much faster than the previous version. With "previews" on, it doesn't pause to load when quickly skimming pictures. Yay! Looking forward to trying out the other new features as well...

Tags: Apple, Stuff