MexicanDragon

OK, guess it's time to put the album covers up, no? The Mercury Project - From The Vapor Of Gasoline Egberto Gismonti - Solo About to crack open Egberto right now, as I've just settled in from running around with the fam. I think I've made my new year's resolution already as well... **BRENT**

Received a couple discs from Shelly. I'm bad, I opened them both, but haven't listened to the second one yet. If I can hold out for 25 more minutes, I can technically open it on Christmas! First one, had put it on hold as non-JH13 IEMs couldn't handle it, and the second, well, I have a feeling it's going to rock in a cool jazzy kinda way. Thanks SH, lookin' forward to it. **BRENT**

You need ShaqFu. I prefer the one on Sega Genesis. Shaq Fu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia **BRENT**

It's not a dSLR, but it DOES have interchangeable lenses, and Gene's was pretty pimp. Then again... Leica M9 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review I mean... if you want JH13s, you get JH13s, not JH5s, right? **BRENT**

You too, my fiend, are wrong. **BRENT**

You obviously don't live less than 5 minutes from a Krispy Kreme. Come to MexiCanJam and I'll get you a dozen fresh, see if you change your mind. Mmmmm... Krispy Kreme. I may have to get up for work early in the morning... **BRENT**

Overrated... the biscuits were better, not that I would have known were it not for you. Thanks Al; screw you, breakfast place. **BRENT**

4 gig Sansa Clip+ for my 7 year old daughter for Christmas. Now to load her up with 5 Kidz Bob albums in FLAC and some JH13s and she's good, right? Also, a few other Christmas gifts, but they're boring. **BRENT**

Heh... even after all the talk of sandwiches, I still was thinking along the lines of Scott. It's funny though, I was out tonight and was wanting subway, but it was after 9 o'clock. No go. Enjoy it, man. I remember 24 Subway from the old college days. Good times, and similarly described employees **BRENT**

The '70s **BRENT**

Canadians have Birthdays? That's silly. **BRENT**

From what I understand, Apple doesn't necessarily have solid patents on multi-touch. Doesn't the palm pre do multi-touch? I'm not sure that Apple has patents on gestures either (what I believe most people are referring to re:iPhone vs Android.) I think that it's a gentleman's agreement between Apple and Google for google to hold off on it for a bit, at least, in the states, something to do in the past where an Apple person was on the board of Google, and/or vice-versa. Just my speculation, though. That has been cleared up, afaik. One thing I doubt, but is a remote possibility, is that Android is not going to be used only on touchscreen devices, unless the roadmap has changed. They may be having a little trouble unifying things since there are now 10-20 Android devices on the market right now, and there are at least 5 flavors of Android in current circulation right now, not including the cooked roms. We know the hardware is capable, I'm thinking they're just waiting to flip the switch on it in the US. Now, if they'd just give me back the webkit browser from RC29 I'd be a bit happier. **BRENT**

Same. When it came out BR was an option. Check out the press release quoted at the bottom of this article from 1.5 months ago The 5 best uses for the $229 Dell Zino HD It USED to be there. I figure there was either a quirk, or a shortage. I would try to look into it more, but it would just make me want one, so I shan't. I still think it's a good option, but I'd look into the BR problem a little first. **BRENT** P.S. It still comes in black.

You know, I hate to agree with crappy on this, but the Zino DOES have a Blu-Ray option. I have a feeling that will be a bit better for HTPC in this day and age. Also, it comes in black. **BRENT**

I hate you. Does this have the Snapdragon processor? Have they upgraded the KB at all in 2.1.x? I really enjoyed the HTC Sense keyboard when I was playing with the Eris, and the stock was OK with the MyTouch3G, but I still reach for my real KB on the G1 8 out 10 times. 1.8 out of ten I go for voice search/entry. 1 out of 50 I'll go virtual, but that's usually just to show it to someone. What IS the resolution on that? Same as the Droid? Better? I'm wondering if the N1 will be better than the HTC HD2 hardware wise. I also need to find out of T-Mobile is going to snag this, even if just for unlocked/unsubsidized distribution. **BRENT**

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This show is great. It's on Hulu for me as "Subscribed". Comedy wise you should also check out "Community". It's been a good season for new shows. **BRENT**

I love this show... **BRENT**

The Google Phone: what we know... and what we don't -- Engadget The engadget guys are probably the most trusted guys out there when it comes to this stuff, so there's some light reading for you. Cliffs notes: Probably a Snapdragon-based phone (fastest of the fast processors, possibly up to 1GHz clock speed) with a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera (seemingly with flash), and no physical keyboard. Rumored to be sold unlocked and unsubsidized by T-Mobile through their retail channels, and have both AT&T and T-Mobile 3G bands. Oh, and obviously a trackball. My Notes: :prettyprincess: **BRENT**

Did you check to see if your employer has a discount through VZW? Don't forget that if you don't already have a contact there, I believe there will be ways to do it online that will waive the activation fees and whatnot. Also MIGHT be possible to get a 25$ credit on your account with a friends and family program or something. Let me know before you do it and I'll scout some options... usually pretty good at dealing with these things. You're coming from an iPhone, right? Data phone for the wife, or no? **BRENT**

Rockbox? What's wrong with WAV? **BRENT**

I concur. However, it's a valiant effort by both Motorola and Verizon, and I applaud them for it, as each of them needed to release a good phone. For people stuck with CDMA, it's a win. I carry T-Mo and VZW, live in 3G areas for both, and love it. I'm just expecting this to carry AWS1700 and handle HSPA+ and have a 5MP cam with flash (that's confirmed, at least) and hoping it will incorporate a better keyboard and hope 2.1 fixes the browser (it was so good pre-1.5) and a SnapDragon processor and a gig of ram (doesn't the N900 have a gig of ram?) and I'll go Oh, and dammit, a bloody 3.5mm jack. :facepalm: @ HTC with that one. **BRENT**

Glad you brought this up. I was a couple hours late noticing this, I'm slipping. I heard a rumor that it's going to be sold unlocked with 3G bands for ALL US GSM carriers. If so, that would just be crazy (and awesome, as it would hopefully set a precedent for future high end devices). If this came with a SnapDragon, I'd have to try to track one down. Heh, did you also notice that the poor quality twitter pic was taken with a white iPhone? I wonder if it's going to use the same 5MP cam (confirmed) that the Droid is using. I'm really hoping HTC will release a Leo-esque device (HD2) with Android 2.x. Probably, Nate. There are a couple solid devices out on CDMA carriers, but the real star (of the next few months on CDMA, at least) is the Droid. The Droid Eris on Verizon and the Hero on Sprint (revamped versions of the same phone) are both good devices, but running a dated processor (top of the line in August). The Droid is a major step up in speed, and the Google Navigation function is great, albeit a little flawed. I was using it daily in SoFla, but it led us astray in our quest for a pre-flight Five Guys burger. This was just on the 14 month old G1 which I had bogged down, but you could see where the Droid would definitely up it's game. I'm interested in seeing if this is the 'gPhone' or if it's going to be the Dev Phone 2. @Nate, you ready to head to Android? **BRENT**

Video as we were walking up to a group I BELIEVE was called "Blues Therapy & Jazz". Song should be "Watermelon Man", iirc. Here's a vid of a full song, but I forget what it was called. Again, I was recording with just a Flip Cam, so quality is so-so at best, but it's a little bit of what you missed if you were slackers and went home to your jobs or families or that non-sense. **BRENT**

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