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Monday…again…

And to make it worse, school starts back today. Just twist the knife a little deeper why don’t you?

Well, ever since my little cell phone incident last month, my phone has been acting a little flaky. It would randomly lock up and bits of the screen wouldn’t refresh. It really wasn’t a major deal because I could still make and receive calls. This past Friday the screen got to the point where more and more pixels didn’t refresh. A simple close and open of the phone would fix it right up but it started to get really annoying. So figured I would cycle the power (because a reboot fixes everything) on the phone.

Yeah…the screen never came back on.

Not cool. Especially since I was on call for work. I mean, I could probably dial on blind luck (literally) but I wouldn’t have a clue who was calling me. I spent a good portion of the evening researching options on Cingular’s website and seeing if I could get my old one repaired. Come Saturday morning, I rolled out of bed and headed to the Cingular store.

When I got to the store, I flipped up my phone and told the lady that screen wasn’t working anymore. She looked up my phone and saw that it was still under warranty. But here comes the kicker: I would have to mail in the phone and wait 2-3 days before I could even hope of getting it back. Plus considering the fact that it was Saturday, the phone probably wouldn’t go out until next Monday. As I sat there trying to figure out what to do, she said, “I’m just going to remove the back cover of phone to get some info. That’s when she asked me, “Did you get your phone wet?”

Busted…but how?

Turns out there’s a little “dot” inside phones that turns red when it gets wet. Talk about a dirty, underhanded mechanism. I tried to feed her this BS story but I could tell she wasn’t buying it. So I rounded out my speech with a “How ’bout we just upgrade my phone?” She actually tried to sell me the Motorola ROKR (the phone that has the iPod features) but I shot down that idea rather quickly. Instead, I chose the Motorola RAZR v3.

Technological hotness at its finest.

I also got a Bluetooth wireless headset so I can look like a Borg. Or not. I’ve already decided that I won’t be that guy walking in the mall or at dinner with a headset on. Just when driving or having to work at the computer and talk at the same time.

Now I just gotta keep my phone dry.

And yes…I got the extended warranty…just in case.

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