Twelve Black Code Monkeys

Well, just found out that Tmobile and Danger announced that the new Color Sidekick is coming out tomorrow! Who would have thunk! Over at Hiptop.com, the most popular forum on the Sidekick, there has been extreme frustration with Danger over not getting any details on when it might come out. For the longest time it was supposed to be in the Fall, then there were actual units sited a month or two ago and talk of a late May/Early June release. But with no real answers coming from Danger, a lot of people got impatient and decided to go elsewhere for their new cellphone/gadget fix. I have yet to read the massive thread on Hiptop.com about the announcement, but you can read it here.

I still don’t know if I’ll get one. The monochrome one I have has terrible reception sometimes and the PIM apps (Calendar, To-do list, Address Book, etc.) stink and can’t be synced with anything like Outlook yet. Maybe if they offer a really good deal to those who currently have the older model - like $100 instead of the $300 retail price. But I don’t think I’d pay much more than that…

By the way, you might notice that this weblog looks a little different. I’ve been playing a bit with the formating and layout options that are available and trying to research the various tools I can put on the page. If anyone’s out there reading this and has a specific request, let me know!

Ok, this is another cool feature of Blog City that I’m testing out with this message - the ability to post blog entries from email. I have a tmobile Sidekick, from which I can sen emails from anywhere I get reception. The Sidekick has a camera as well and I can upload pix, but I don’t think the will go into the blog itself but rather the photo album. I’ll try that next - its a seperate address…

Just subscribed to the paid service of Blog City, so hopefully will be able to build this site out a bit more as time allows.

Last night, we had dinner with a couple of friends (Beth and Daron) in Baltimore at this place I’d never been to, called Ze Mean Bean Cafe, but I don’t go to Baltimore that often, and this was my first time in Fells Point, so I didn’t realize that this place is pretty well known, at least in Baltimore. Very nice. A little pricey, but not terrible. Eastern European fair like goulash and chicken kiev, some great deserts and lots of wine selections and different kinds of coffee drinks.

Daron introduced us to this band I’d never heard of called Iron and Wine. Being a big Elliott Smith fan, I really liked them. Definitely have the same interesting chord combinations and throaty vocals that Smith employs so well.