This is how you can use your MSN Messenger nick to piss off your friends:
MSN Messenger fun
Photo of the day #11
This is my friend David Levinson. David was in Moi’s class. I used to play lots of NHL Hockey on the Sega Genesis against David and his older brother Rony. I always kicked their butt, and when I didn’t, it’s because I let them win. Otherwise they would stop playing me.
Do you like this photo? I think it’s very good.
Cancelled flight
I got early to the Austin Airport, ready to take my flight to Miami (connecting in Houston).
To my surprise, the first flight got cancelled because of some alleged malfunction in the airplane. In my opinion, they should let us fly anyway. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen!?
I was able to change my flight, but all of a sudden I find myself with three free hours at the airport.
Thankfully, I brought my new iPhone with me, so I can entertain myself browsing the net (I joke – I brought my 12″ Powerbook). I can also entertain myself asking strangers to take photos of me looking bored. Or eat at The Salt Lick. Could be worse.
The Police
I went to Houston last Friday with Jaramillo (and Mr. Johnny Kings who joined us there) to see legendary rock band The Police. Tickets were outrageously expensive, and so were the super-retro souvenir T-Shirts – but I still bit.
We sat in the corner above and to the left of the stage, which turned out to be not so bad, in spite of my initial cursing. Sting is awesome, and so is the drummer Stewart Copeland. Guitarist and one time Cerati collaborateur (an honor, no doubt) Andy Summers looks like he’s their dad.
Public acknowledgement goes out to Juan and Sandra for hosting us, in spite of my usual offensive body odor.
From an iPhone
I’m at the Houston Apple Store in the Galleria with Jaramillo and Johnny Kings (or Juan Reyes, depending who you ask), posting this from an iPhone. This thing is awesome… And the keyboard does work well. How do I get out of my current contract? Also, check out the mega-geek photo above.
Welcome Ana
Last night, my friends Pepe and Paty had their second child, a baby girl named Ana (not Dora, no matter how much I lobbied for it). Congratulations to the parents and to the older brother and long time drinking buddy Diego as well as to the rest of the family.Ana was born at 11:09 PM, with perfect timing: right after the U.S.A. VS Argentina matchand a the night before my trip to Houston to see The Police. She weighted 3.26 Kg. Everyone is healthy and happy, especially the mom who regains her mobility.
Seemingly obvious software features missing from the iPhone
Here’s a quick list in no particular order of (obvious?) features that the iPhone does not have, but could add in the future throguh a software update.
Obviously, people at Apple had to draw the line somewhere in the feature list so they can actually ship and start selling a product.
Some of the features probably ended in the wrong side of this line and will be added in the future. Others were surely killed by business deals with AT&T (VoIP anyone?). Others, they decided they don’t want it on the iPhone at all, even though it can be done.
Can you think of more?
- Video recording
- Voice-note recording
- VoIP (like Skype) functionality
- .Mac syncing
- Copy/Paste
- Ringtones from your music
- Synchronization thrugh WiFi or Bluetooth
- Keychain (password storing)
- Objective C/ Cocoa SDK
- Dashboard/Widget support (outside of Safari)
- iChat
- A2DP
- Voice dialing
- Games
- Slot for memory cards
- Spotlight
- Java
- Flash
- MMS
- Geolocation
- eBooks
- Built in RSS Reader
- SSH
- Bonjour iTunes sharing
- Printing support
- Video teleconferencing
(Disclaimer: I think that the iPhone is awesome and none of this missing things is a deal-breaker. It will do great for what it does have.)
Update 2:15 PM:
Some interesting suggestions in the comments. Some of them would require hardware changes, so they are not in the original list (more storage, video out, use EDGE while on the phone).
Also, answering to Hammer of Truth’s comment on spotlight: “Spotlight? How many files do you expect to have on your iphone and why do you need spotlight?“.
Obviously you don’t know what Spotlight is. Here’s why I’d want it. I search for Johnny Appleseed and in the search results screen I can click on his Address Book contact info, emails between us, an email message mentioning him, SMS messages between us, and more in the future. It’s a really powerful and useful feature of Mac OS X and would be useful in the iPhone too.
Overheard in MSN Messenger
Excerpts of a real IM conversation, a few minutes ago (no English translation provided):
adi says:
www.Bloockoo.net , para mirar quienes te tienen bloqueado en el Msn
La Polla America says:
a ver
La Polla America says:
jala?
adi says:
tu me lo mandaste o Rony?
La Polla America says:
?
adi says:
No mames Iuval me tiene bloqueado, mi propio hermano!!!!!!!!!!!!
La Polla America says:
puedo postearlo en mi pagina?
adi says:
okay]
La Polla America says:
excelente
Side note: three more hours until the Copa America starts and you can’t sign up anymore to La Polla America.
iPhone countdown
This from The Washington Post:
And if you haven’t done so yet, check out the iPhone Guided Tour. Really, check it out, it’s cool.
Masacotes 2007
Current season record: 2 wins, 1 loss.