Holy fucking hell.
I am so bored. I know this is a luxury, not having to go to work and it not having it counted as leave, but fuck me.
Some blogs are so profound, poor souls who write things like "I'm a blogger in Baghdad and today I dodged two suicide bombers while the Americans who were trying to shoot at us".
Or "I thought my terminal illness was in remission but now it's now back ..."
While all I can write is "changed the loo roll in the guest toilet and shredded some old bank statements."
I shouldn't be allowed to do this.
Oh yeah, I went to gym today and I can officially tell you that the present, anyone who's anyone received this Christmas was an iPhone.
"I'm just going to put it in this see-through pouch here - on my arm while I work out. So you can my shiny new iPhone everyone, I am going to wear a vest so that my arms show. Look. An iPhone is strapped to it. I have one. Me... have... iPhone."
And going to the gym is like being an exhibit at the zoo.
New potential members being shown around brimming with "must get fit" resolutions that I guarantee you will wear off in two weeks.
At this point Bobby has to stop writing. An hour later, he is able to continue his post:
20.36 Update
You're not going to fucking believe this BUT...
I didn't believe in karma but now I do (maybe). So I'm writing how fucking bored I am and as if by magic all the fucken lights have gone out.
This is not a joke.
I am nicking the wireless connection from the neighbours, the man from EDF energy should be here "within the next FOUR hours" and our house is lit up with so many candles it looks like the Vatican at Christmas.
Blogging by candlelight is odd. I love that without electricity I can still use a computer, listen to music and phone friends across the world.
Thank fuck I managed to find some candles though.
When the lights first went to black, after I'd phoned the electricity man I needed the loo.
Have you ever tried to take a piss while using your mobile phone as a torch?
Just as you get the seat up, the phone in your mouth and your knob out - so the light on the phone turns off. Mid-stream.
Maybe I should just be like the Victorians, ditch the phone and piss all over the floor.
There is actually one funny side to this...
All of the candles we have are scented ones so not only is the house lit up like Festive Mass but it also stinks like a whore's boudoir. Funny that.
So, which of you bitches got an iPhone for Christmas? Come on...
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
Burning at both ends
Written by Bobby Vanquish at around 18:52
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Maybe your the one who can help me on this one.
Someone told me NOT to get an Iphone as in order to get them to do what you need them to do, you have to pay incremental costs on it. So, the more you want it to do, the more it costs.
They told me the monthly costs is too high.
So, how much do they cost to run per month???
And give it to me in American dollars if you can please.
I might buy one if I can be convinced thta is worth it to get one over a regular phone.
Can anybody answer the question if this phone is worth it or not?
Thanks
Carl
Carl: I don't think it's worth it. A phone is a phone. Although I am a huge fan of Macintosh, I will freely admit that they are just souped-up Fisher Price toys for adults.
Yeah - the iPhone will give you the weather and the stock prices and you can watch YouTube on it but what's the point? It will just cost money everytime you log on to do any of those things.
I sometimes check the net on my phone and it costs a fortune. I would hate to be doing it all the time. I think the phone is one gimmick too far.
And it's expensive too...
For me it was just a little ipod nano, which is lovely. It is light and much easier to use at the gym. I think the iphone is over priced and agree with you that it is just a phone at the end of the day..... I want one though!
I'm still using two tin cans and a string and I'm seriously thinking of ditching the electric lights like you Bobby, just because I look so much better in low lighting for some reason.
I did get a brilliant new digital camera for Christmas, so now I can take pictures of my knob and send them all over the interweb.
Anon: I also got a new Nano and I love it. Sometimes I just want to eat it because it's so pretty, cute and dinky. I'm not too keen on the iPhone I have to admit... however, an iPod touch is a totally different story.
Aaron: I look forward to seeing these pictures, thank you. E-mail: bobby.vanquish@googlemail.com
You pretty much confirmed what someone already told me. It is expensive to use. They charge you each time you go to access.
Let's face it. None of us are far from music, a clock, the internet, our computer etc. Why get hooked on trying to run up costs with something like that?
Carl
Have you ever tried to take a piss while using your mobile phone as a torch? YES.
Do you really have a guest toilet? uuuuhhhhh fancy...
Unfortunately the iPhone isn't available yet in Ireland. Nonetheless I won't be getting one for the reasons mentioned above. I did get a new Nokia 6500 Slide though, which is very nice.
Carl: I imagine the only way to afford an iPhone is for your company to buy it so that they can pick up the tab. Otherwise you would have to a millionaire.
Andrea: We call it the guest loo which it basically is but it's actually just another toilet (and a store room too...)
Wayne: Yes - I need to upgrade my phone and was looking at the 6500... is it any good? I wanted to get the N95 but EVERYONE now has one. Vodaphone do a very cool black version of it but I am not paying £35 a month (£10 more each month) just to have a phone that looks nice.
Am I the only one that thinks they are ugly and impractical?
Steve Jobs and his magic turtle neck jumper strikes again.
I got me an iPhone in the states in November, for $400, unlocked it and now use it here in Ireland on the O2 network :)
I love it. It's wonderful. I still use my old prepay sim, and I rely on the numerous wifi hotspots to use all the netbased features of the iPhone. I needed a new iPod and I wanted a new phone (my old phone was dreadful) so I got both in one very cool gadget.
There are some shortcomings though. Like no MMS messages, but you can get around this with email to phones and vice versa. The camera isn't great on it, but it's ok. Oh, and some of the text features are just missing, like delivery reports, which I always liked. The real gem though, is all the third party software that is available for it. Some great applications, like a nintendo emulator, so I can play mario bros on it now :)
As for cost. Well, since I don't access the net using EDGE (via my phone account) I am basically only paying for calls and texts etc as I would have anyway, so it's no more expensive.
Oliver: I think they are a little impractical too and just like - who has the time to sit and .. well, my phone gets thrown into my gym bag and dropped sometimes and I can text on it using one hand - the iPhone just looks all too precious. Like you wouldn't use an iPhone with the shopping in one hand and the phone in the other while running to try and catch a train.
Of course you wouldn't be late for the train because you would have had iPhone train updates on the minute, every minute. Who lives like that?!
Graham: I'm glad you've come to the defence here. But you see you've had to hmmm.. so you can use it in Wifi hotspots, you say? So maybe an iPhone on a prepay SIM? This actually sounds like a good idea. I don't care about text delivery reports but I do like to - how robust is it? Like my normal phone - a Nokia - gets bashed about quite a lot. I would be petrified to do that with an iPhone.
I guess the iPhone is the er, Jake Gylenhall of mobile phones. Like some people seriously drool over it but I dunno - I can see why it's attractive but I don't really find it that sexy.
You hit the nail on the head about the Gyllenhall correlation.
Nice, but uuuhhh, who cares. The wifi spots I didn't think about. Good point.
I have no idea what a prepaid SIM is?
As for the guest bathroom. When guys ask me for that, I take them to the front door and point to a bunch of trees and bushes I have outside. That IS the guest bathroom. Come on, don't be so modest!
I have no cell phone as my company doesn't pay for it and I get along just fine believe it or not. But, I'm breaking down and going to get one for convenience sake really.
My company owners are millionaires because they don't pay for cell phones for employees etc.
Carl
I am using my prepaid sim with the iPhone, it works fine.
I was a little concerned about it not being robust too, especially since the screen is so important to it's use. I have a clear screan protector on it and that works a treat and the phone is surprisingly robust. It's strange getting used to the QWERTY keypad for texting, especially as I, like you, was a big fan and one handed texting, even without having to look at my phone. But I've gotten surprisingly fast with the iPhone too. The interface is very intuitive and it learns to predict the right words in the texts, like the words you use most often and that you force it to accept, it promts you with them much faster in future. I also like that I have a proper phone lock, which requires a 4 digit code to access, not just menu *, like all the nokia.
Carl: Sometimes I think it would be a great idea if we all threw our cellphones into the bin.
Graham: The real test with predictive text is if it spells duck or fuck?
I love my iPhone. Have free wifi with cloud and at home. Need a q tho. How can I mms a picture to a mobile
Anon: Hey mate - I don't have an iPhone so can't answer that. But a few comments up Graham says that it's not possible to MMS on an iPhone. Maybe somebody could shed some light on this?
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