iPhone and Apple

Sorry I did not talk more about the iPhone in my earlier post. The
device is amazing. This is the mobile device I have been waiting for.
The technolgical leap that Apple has made with this phone is jaw
dropping. I've had the device for roughly three months and I still
occationally grin because it is so cool. So what is my problem? My
biggest issue is with Apple's ridiculous stance on third party
applications. They won't let them be installed. You can use web based
app's, but most of them suck and what if you are getting a slow edge
or wifi connection? What I find strange is that third party developers
have been integral to Apple's success. I also find Apple's excuse of
letting third party app's on the phone will endanger AT&T's network to
be bullshit. All the other so called smart phones on the market allow
third party app's to be installed.

Just so you know I'm not some Mac fanboy who wears Apple shaped
glasses. I love their products and have been using them since the
Apple II E, but I also recognize what complete idiots they can be:
their pricing, the arrogance that they are cooler and the meglomania
that is Steve Jobs. Yeah, I kept buying Apple products when they were
two to three times the price of a PC machines, but I like how Apple
designs their operating system to get out of your way. For the most
part, it does not hinder creativity. I can not say that about PC's.

Apple has made their name on well designed computers, well designed
software and one of the greatest marketing stategies ever. Will they
change? I doubt it. Will I keep using their products? Of course. I'm
just frustrated. I own this amazing product, essentially a computer
that fits in your pocket, yet, so far, Apple is keeping it from it's
full potential.

Disclosure: I work for a third party Mac developer.

Todays view from my office

More sunrise

Sunrise from ferry

Don't judge the iPhone

Yes, I have an iPhone. The only reason I have one is because my employer bought them for the whole company. It's pretty cool, but I feel like a douche when I whip it out in public. I'll post a more in depth review of it later. It has made me feel different about Apple and not in good way.

Leaving Seattle on the ferry

Taken with my iPhone today.

So say we all!!!

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BSG Season 4 Trailer

Blood pressure

When I was about eight years old I was diagnosed with hypertension. My life has been filled with many visits to the doctor and many more visits to the pharmacy. Hypertension runs in the family. As I have told every doctor, my grandfather had it, my father has it and I have it. So I have been been on some kind of medication ever since my diagnoses. I really hated that I had this thing wrong me. Yeah I know, it could of been way worse. What sucked was as a kid my school mates would look at me like I had cancer when I told them. So after a awhile I stop talking about it. When I got a little older I got this idea in my head that I did not need the medication. At the time I was riding five to six hundred miles a week, " I'm an athlete" I told my self, "I don't need that anymore." One day I got this massive headache, I mean MASSIVE! My vision was bluring it was so bad. So I went to a walk in clinic and was checked out. As soon as they took my blood pressure they freaked. If I remember correctly, it was about 225/180. I've never seen people move so fast. "Here put thus under your tough." Soon I over heard the doctor on the phone with the local hospital saying that he has a twenty year old male about to strike out and should we helicopter me in. "Crap," I said to myself, "I should have been taking those pills." I ended up spending three nights there while they monitored me. Recently I finally found a doctor that took my hypertension very seriously and after months of trying to figure a course of treatment he threw up his hands. He thought he knew what I had, but he needed to send me to a specialist to make sure. The endocrinologist confirmed that I have primary hyperaldronism. Somethig to do with my adeline gland producing to much aldrostrone. So he put me on a new medication and boom, my pressure went way down. Then a few weeks ago he took me off the beta blocker that I was taking in conjunction with the new pill and put me on an ace inhibitor. Suddenly, I feel a lot better. The thing about beta blockers are the possible side effects. For the longest time I have been very lethargic. No doubt it was the beta blocker. Now, I feel a lot better. More energy and a brighter outlook. It is like a fog has lifted.

Back

A friend of my wife has appealed that I blog again. Okay here it goes. Why did I stop? The main reason is that I'm a pretty lazy person, which I'm actually starting to come to terms with. A secondary reason is that we bought a house. Buying a house is like being sucked into a black hole, it takes twice as long as you think it should take and once you've moved in your exhausted. My exhaustion and laziness combined into a toxic mix of anesthesia. Now that I have come out of the haze I'm ready to blog again.

This is not right

Went to this site today to see what my blog was rated.

Mingle² - Online Dating

Those of you that know me, know that rated PG is not a true reflection of who I am. Things are going to change around here. I'm back, so slap this URL into your RSS feeder and prepare yourself for my shock and awe campaign.