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There are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.

To err is human; to make real mess, you need a computer.

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So, as most of you know, I just recently switched to Sprint for my phone service, mostly because of the Palm Pre. The phone is amazingly awesome (as I've mentioned before) but I thought I'd give a little tribute here to Sprint.

Honestly, I've had some of the best customer service ever with Sprint. Nothing like what I experienced with T-Mobile. Yeah, Sprint's coverage is spotty sometimes, but it works almost everywhere I've needed it to. The only trouble I have is at my home in Salt Lake, oddly enough, but it turns out it's a bit of a dead-zone on any network.

The thing I've been most impressed with is this: I have (unfortunately) had to return my Pre twice. The first one had a bad headphone port, the second had an ear piece that was starting to cut out. I have not had to pay a thing to get them replaced, and most of the time it only takes one trip to the store for them to figure out what's wrong and give me a new one. True I pay $7 extra a month for the insurance that lets me do this, but still... I'm impressed.

We'll see if my opinion stays up high for them as time goes on, but so far, kudos to Sprint for good service!

I am surrounded by 3 big LCD screens, 2 for a windows box, 1 for a mac, I have a tablet PC on my left, a netbook on the right, and my super-phone in the middle of it all. Life is good.

(The netbook is being borrowed for the moment, and this picture was taken with my phone.)

Interesting how we become so accustomed to the new and glamorous that we forget the legacy of what went before. Pong, in it's day, was probably fascinating and captured the attention of so many people. Why then, nowadays, do we find it so boring?

In case you're wondering, Apple is the bug zapper, and the mosquito represents all the people Apple has fooled into wanting to buy the iPad.

I mean honestly, when are you going to use the iPad? Not while you're out and about, because you're going to use your phone for that, and not in your home, because you already have a computer that does the same things better. After all, it's the same Internet (despite what Steve Jobs might have you think).

Think about it, there are two main situations where you will be browsing on the Internet:

1. Looking up something quick:
   You're going to use your phone for this, because it's right there in your pocket. Why waste time pulling out your iPad? (If you have an iPad, you're going to have an Internet capable phone, it's almost guaranteed).
2. Actually trying to get something done:
   You're not going to use the iPad for this either. You're going to use a real computer because it has a keyboard.

So what does that make the iPad? A toy. A toy for people with too much money and nothing to do. Don't waste your money guys, just get a better phone.