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Hubby’s gonna kill me, cause I’m being such a waffler on my new [tag]mobile[/tag].

I don’t like the Moto interface that I have now. I use the Voda webtext more than anything, cause I don’t think the Moto that intuituve. So I’m looking at new phones (and a new carrier, JEEZ Voda is expensive!)

The two phones I’m looking at are the Nokia 6230i and the Sony Ericsson W800i. Why am I torn? Here’s why:

Nokia: Love the interface. Everyone knows it. Good cam, good phone. Battery life *sucks*, from what I’ve heard. Screen is a little small, and only okay resolution.

SonyEricsson: Supposedly the best phone out there right now. The cam is freaking 2mp! The MP3 player in it isn’t the big deal for me. The screen is apparently awesome. Battery life is amazing (9 hours talk, I think, or standby…whichever, it’s double the Nokia). The interface tho…I only played with a SE interface for about 2 minutes, and I don’t know if I like it or not.

My problems are thus: If the interface is the thing, why not go with the Nokia? Cause the SE is apparently the better phone! And the battery is better. But on the Nokia, the battery life thing can be fixed (a little) by a sw upgrade, apparently. (And the shop guy said his goes a couple days without a charge.) And I like the interface.

So I’m torn. ALL OPINIONS WELCOME, please!!!!

[tags]nokia,ireland,sonyericsson[/tags]

What? No, of course we can write blog posts not relating to our child. Of *course* we can.

So P was singing just now. Bob The Builder. Playing the guitar that Jean let him have (oh, I owe you one for *that*). And it’s cute and all. But this morning, he’s singing Wake Me Up When September Ends…, which I think is classic, cause I want my kid listening to some alternative stuff, and why not start with Green Day (tho are they still punkish?). But he knew the words. Like, almost all of them.

Maybe he’ll be musical like his dad (and completely unlike his mom, which would rock.)

[tags]P music Irishblogs[/tags]

Let’s all thank Damien for tagging me, shall we?

On to the meme…

Four jobs you’ve had in your life:

Dishwasher
Costume assistant on a soft porn
Production Assistant
Teacher

Four movies you could watch over and over:

Heathers
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sixteen Candles
Serenity

Four places you’ve lived:
Maine
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
California

Four TV shows you love to watch:

Firefly
Grey’s Anatomy
Sports Night
Gilmore Girls

Four places you’ve been on vacation:
Hawaii
Greece
Jamaica
Copenhagen

Four websites you visit daily:
SFChronicle
Slashdot
Flist at Livejournal
LeinsterFreecycle

Four of your favorite foods:

Sushi
Rare roast beef with horseradish sauce
Tea
Sourdough bread

Four places you’d rather be:
Asleep in bed
Warm beach…anywhere
Ikea, with a credit card
Watching a movie

Four people to annoy with another annoying meme.
Sven
molly_girl
mobilemum
gurlcooties

[tags]Irishblogs meme livejournal damien[/tags]

It’s time to walk away from that dirty bus station bathroom. Leave the pimp behind.

Brilliant.

Thanks Feithy.

[tags]Mediagirl, Feith, politics[/tags]

Karlin Lillington, a tech writer based in Dublin and one of the best in Ireland, wrote an article in the Irish Times about the crappy way the EU rushed through the data retention scheme and how ultimately embarassing it is for all of us. Luckily, since the IT is a pay site, Karlin posted it to her blog as well. Good on ya. Someone that the gov might actually listen to, considering they’re not listening to the average Joe on this one.

I apologize in advance.

Over on
waiterrant.net there’s a checklist, from a waiter, on how to order wine without looking like an idiot (well, he used a different word, but you get the drift).

Well put, almost all of it. I always thought you were supposed to smell the cork tho….someone correct me?

I’d like to get a new one. I don’t like the Motorola interface, really. I do like Nokia’s, but I haven’t played around with many other phones. I can get an upgrade from Vodafone now…

I was looking at the Nokia 6820 (aka E70). I like to text, but I like querty more :-). A good camera is helpful. MP3 option…eh. No biggie for me. Sync’ing with OSX would be good (but I have to research more on that). I don’t want a PIM, cause I have a Filofax that I love.

What are your favorite phones? Why? Help me out here!!

Elana

On the Bookofjoe blog, there’s a link to a story about chocolate coins that was in the Wash Post. Now, it’s quite interesting, cause those chocolate coins are really the baseline for so many comparisons.

Living over here now, I find that most American chocolate tastes like the chocolate coins of my childhood. Can you just imagine what the chocolate coins would taste like to me now?! Maybe I have become a chocolate snob, but why the heck not have the best stuff? Mars bars here (in the US, it’s a Milky Way. Milky Way here is a whole different thing. Wait. They’re called Milky Bars. Here. yeah.) are the most luscious yummy things. You can taste the milk. Mmmmmmm. They just started having Mars bar…somethings, that are like Kinder bars but have caramel inside. I mean, it’s like a mouthful of butter.

I need to find dairy free chocolate coins for next year for P (adds to list of things I forgot to do for holidays this year, including sending out cards.)

But what I’m saying is…if we all think they taste like crap, why the heck do we all keep buying them!? My brother and I got them for playing dreidel for Hanukkah, and I think they were the last chocolate we ate from the whole holiday. Leave the worst for last :-).