Today was one of the most boring days of my year. I honestly can't remember the last time I had absolutely nothing to do, no movies I wanted to see, nothing I wanted to go shopping for, no one to spend time with, no TV shows to catch up on... nothing.
The day has just kinda drifted on in a lazy fashion and then it's back to work.
It's that time of year when I really wish I could take a vacation - except, plot twist, it's pretty darn cold here in Syracuse. I cut the grass today in shorts on and was kinda chilly at times. I think my uneasy truce with living in Syracuse is about to come to an end.
But in two weeks, boring Sundays are over and the NFL is back on. Based on life circumstances I have a feeling this fall will be like last fall, busy busy Sundays in other ways than just football. But that's the one thing I think of when it's getting cool outside again (besides ugh, this sucks)... football time.
I did break down and get the new iPhone 3GS yesterday. My plans prior to WWDC in June was to buy it at launch because I was getting tired of the Edge network and all the other nonsense. Also MMS couldn't be supported on Edge. Then they announced the phone and my reaction was, that's it? It looked like they didn't even upgrade the darn thing! After last weekend when my phone was my sole source of connecting to the internet (and the battery summarily died around 5PM each day)... I figured I would finally upgrade the phone despite the fact that on the surface it doesn't appear like much of an upgrade.
On the surface is the key phrase, because it's all little things that make it an incredibly smart decision. The key difference is the speed. Pages load, based on my own accounts, like 15-20x faster than my old phone and everything just moves along very, very fast. They weren't joking adding the S into the name for speed.
On top of that, though, it's all the little things that add up. Non-recessed headphone jack so I can use my fancy Shure headphones, Nike+ integration (now I will actually be able to read the numbers mid-run without squinting), better camera, video recording, a compass, etc.
Nothing special, but add them up and it's a MAJOR upgrade. Really, though, it's all the speed. You don't realize until you actually have it in your hands that it just blows the first generation iPhone out of the water, the 3G too I would imagine. I was able to watch an entire 7 minute YouTube video without waiting for it to load once (on Wi-Fi but still). Just awesome.
I'd recommend going for it if you're on the fence.
I've been totally lazy the last two weeks, but I think I'm going to try to run 50 miles this week. Uh, yeah, I'll let you know how that works out.
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