• iPhone or Palm Pre

    June 10, 2009 / No Comments

    Every time Apple announces a new iPhone it pisses me off that AT&T doesn’t have coverage here, so I can’t get one. There is one way I could get one. I can order one and use my home address as the billing address, but then use my Mom’s or Brother’s address as the primary place of use. From what I hear that would work as long as I don’t go over the “off-net usage allowance”, which would be no problem because I really don’t talk on the phone much. The downside is I would have to get a different number, and it would be long distance to anybody local, but I could get around that using my Google Voice account. The main downside though is the price. I would have to pay $70 for the Wife’s phone on Verizon, and then another $70 or so for my phone, and I don’t even know if it would be worth it since I wont be on 3G, so it will be slow. It’s probably always going to be cheaper for us both to be on the same carrier, and she talks a lot more and needs Verizon’s coverage.

    I am due for a new phone, and really want one, but I think I am going to wait six months to get one. The Palm Pre is the other phone I am thinking about. Right now I would have to switch to Sprint to get it. There are rumors that Verizon might be getting it which would be cool. If the Pre lives up to it’s hype and gets lots of good apps, it will probably be my next phone. If not, I might have to use the iPhone work around.

    I don’t think anybody likes their cell carriers very much. I love Verizon’s coverage, I just wish they would get the phones I want. An iPhone is highly unlikely because I don’t think Apple will make a CDMA phone. A Palm Pre is very likely going to be on Verizon eventually. I just wish I knew what the chances are that AT&T would get coverage here anytime soon.

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  • Straight Outta Fosston

    June 3, 2009 / No Comments

    While I’m not from Fosston, I have driven through Fosston and do know people from Fosston, so I thought this was rather funny. Anybody from a small northern Minnesota town would probably get a kick out of this video too.

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  • Sing It Loud

    May 28, 2009 / No Comments

    Sing it loud are an up and coming Minneapolis band. I have seem them, and they put on a pretty good show. Here they are doing an acoustic version of one of my favorite Jimmy Eat World songs.

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  • Back From Denver

    May 27, 2009 / No Comments

    We got back from Denver Monday, but today has been my first chance to get any computer time. We had a great time in Denver, but the weather could have been better.

    Friday right after we got there we toured Invesco Field. It was pretty cool to see parts of the stadium that most people don’t see. We were able to see the party suites, press boxes, visitors locker room, and many other areas. It would have been cooler to see some of the private suites, and Broncos locker room, but those areas were off limits for tours.

    Saturday was my Sister’s Graduation. It was your normal standard graduation. Nothing too exciting. After graduation we hung out in a local park. That evening we went to the Denver Aquarium. I wasn’t expecting much, but it was a pretty cool Aquarium.

    Sunday we went to Pikes Peak. Nine years ago we went to Pikes Peak in October and it was amazing. This time it wasn’t so great. It was cloudy, so we couldn’t see much. We were in clouds and only had a few breaks in the clouds where we could see. There was also a lot more snow up there this time of year. After Pikes Peak we drove around the Garden of the Gods. We could have gotten some cool pictures, but it was raining. Oh well, I am sure we will be back sometime.

    Monday we flew back and it was raining in Fargo. They said it was a good weekend here, but we missed it. The rain followed us around.

    I can’t wait to go back to Denver. We really like the area. If there was another city we could live in it would probably be Denver. Well, maybe not Denver, but a smaller city near by. Sometimes I wish I could just pick up and move, but I really like where we are now also.

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