Some quick thoughts on AT&T’s new data plan
As I posted earlier, I think the new capped plans will generally save Mary and I money. We each use well less than 2 gigs of data a month (Mary’s even lower than that, at less than the 250 mb. But really, it sounds like a good deal now … it won’t sound like such a good deal in a month. The reason: multitasking. Starting in just a few weeks, the iPhone will be able to support multitasking. What does that mean? It means that I could leave my Skype app open and running, able to receive Skype calls anytime Read more…
Pippi Longstocking
After learning that Steig Larsson's character Lisabeth Salander (from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) was inspired by Pippi Longstocking, I was interested in seeing the similarities. Mary and I both read Pippi Longstocking recently, which was a nice children's story. Pippi's similarity to Lisabeth is more in the reaction from other characters than from any character similarity. They both have their own way of doing things, and a tendency to drive adults crazy who don't know how to deal with them. Pippi's superstrong: she can lift a horse or show up the strongman at the circus. And Lisabeth knows Read more…
Goodsell Observatory As a Giant R2-D2
via nerdapproved.com Speaking of my alma mater, some Carleton students turned Goodsell Observatory into R2D2. When they’re not busy spooning, they’re rather enterprising, no? Fun fact about Goodsell: way back when, the observatory kept time for most of the railroads across the country. via Mary M and Facebook.
Some schools are top research institutions. My alma mater set a world record in spooning. And yet I’m very proud!
via facebook.com Very romantical. Click the link above for more photos.
Tiger cubs at the zoo. Everyone say “awwwwwww.”
via facebook.com
I may not like AT&T much …
… but their new data plan will save us money. They're dropping "unlimited" Internet from the phones, but despite my heavy usage, I've never hit a quarter of their new cap. So I can save $5/month but going to it, and Mary can save $15/month (you can tell who the heavier iPhone user is obviously). It also inspired me to check our voice plan with them, which I realize too that we don't use the phones often enough to justify the plan we're on. So I cut that down too. Not a bad morning.
Dirty Harry
Mary and I watched Dirty Harry this weekend and had a great time. It’s still a good action movie and Clint Eastwood is always fun to watch. Good times. It also reminded me of this comic from xckd.com which I’m attaching here for your enjoyment.
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