Hands on with the Google G1

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I got to play around with the new Google phone at my local T-mobile store. I'm very impressed. Small(ish), solid feel, awesome little trackball. The touchscreen was easy to use, even with my fat fingers. I'm currently using a Dash, and I love my keyboard. I like the roomy, full qwerty on the G1 even better. The barcode scanner was a neat trick, not sure how usefuk it is. Something I was not aware of, the G1 comes equipt for VOiP, and for 10 bucks a month I can use wifi hotspots to make calls instead of using my minutes. Looks like it's time to pick up some extra work so I can drop $300 on it.

Baby sandwiches?

As if pregnancy sites weren't creepy enough with the 3d rendered fetus pics, Nick's (as in the kids channel) Parents Connect published this article

http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/calendar/19-weeks-pregnant.html

Having a wife who is 5 months pregnant, I'm used to the comparing-the-baby-to-food-for-size references. But I think this one kind of got away from the writer.

"He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or ...)"

I used to love the Italian Herbs and Cheese bread. Now I'll be able to think about is eating my baby :(

That's Terrible.

That's Terrible.
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T-Mobile

Aparently they caught the copier fondling little kids. Sick...Aparently they caught the copier fondling little kids. Sick...

Urban clothing stores, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Marc Ecko

I never actually thought I would use the Fashion, Style, Shopping category but here I am.

Tonight, the wifey decided it was time to look for some maternity pants. We wanted to go to Goodwill to keep it cheap, but they were closed. So we headed a few doors down to the illustrious Burlington Coat Factory.

Now, I don't know what the clothing selection is like at this fine retailer where you live but the Men's section at our store is mostly what could be easily describe as "urban". I've always found some of these styles interesting, and out of my boredom was born this blog entry. Enjoy.

I'm a tall guy, so finding shirts that fit me properly length-wise has always been difficult. Not matter how tall you are, six feet of shirt is considered a dress. Period. Any longer and this would have piled up on the floor beneath the rack.

This one says "Death to the Enemy". I'm not sure who "the enemy" is, but from the looks of the shirt it maybe non-goth straight people.

For so long, I've struggle with balancing jewelry and clothing. Now with this fine article I don't have to choose. At what point did a giant necklace made of sparkly beads and a pendant stitched onto a shirt become fashion? And who's the physics expert who decided that a necklace should hang that far off the shoulder?

I don't even know what to say here. I didn't realize that faux-military paraphanalia had become all the rage. You too can look like a foreign air force pilot.

This one had me torn. The geek in me was excited by the circuit board design. But the heterosexual male inside reminded me that I am neither a female mad scientist nor a flamingly gay super villian. I passed on this one.

What's happening here? A crown? The Decepticon logo?

And if you're going to dress like a sexually confused crimefighter, you need the right shoes to go along with your ensemble. Why not some Scarface sneakers? Seriously?

It wasn't all bad though. I found a few things I would buy.
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Very cool shirt, with an awesome city scape at the bottom. They only had one, and it wasn't super fat guy size.



REVERSIBLE CUFF!!??!! Oh yes! Go from button down sleeves to french cuff, cuffed linked fabulousness.

And as the blog title indicates, I did end up buying something:


I walked around for 15 minutes with this shirt in hand before realizing that it was embroidered on the back.



In my book, Marc Ecko is a genius (with the exception of that "Getting Up" street tagging game, that was a mess).

One last photo of interest and this blog entry is done.


That seems like an afwully personal question.