Cell phones

I finally got a new cell phone. Which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. I can no longer use the excuse "my phone must have died" when I decide I'm tired of talking or don't want to answer. But since my old phone was such a piece of crap it usually wasn't even an excuse, it was the truth. A little about my last phone... It had the wonderful feature of not working in my house. Ok that's not entirely true. It worked within the first two feet of my front door about 70% of the time. I would have to set it on the right side of the computer desk for it to get reception. The problem was whenever my roommate used the computer he would have to move it to the left side of the desk, which would take it out of range. Mind you this desk was two and a half feet wide. I'm not sure exactly how the satellite signal managed to penetrate earth’s atmosphere, then the walls of my house, but couldn't manage to make it to the other side of my desk. So working for twelve hours a day and not having my phone work inside the house basically left the car ride home to call people. Since I only lived seven miles from work at the time it didn't allow a lot of talking time. Well that phone is somewhere in Lake Tahoe now. Not that I was sorry to see it go. In fact it was somewhat of a relief. The weekend I tossed out that phone was the same weekend my ex-girlfriend and I broke up. Therefore, I was saved the grief of neurotically checking it every 10 minutes to see if she had called (the phone had the added feature of going straight to voicemail sometimes for now apparent reason). After about a week of not being able to contact anyone I know, or have them contact me I figured it was probably time to come back into the 21st century and get a phone. At this time I was in the process of moving out of my place and was thinking of switching service providers. Therefore, I didn't want to get a new phone until I decided if I was switching providers. Well lucky for me during the move I found an old phone I had a few years back. So I hooked that bad boy up. It was nice. Doubling the size of an item you carry with you constantly is a wonderful feeling. I don't want you to get the idea that it was outrageously large. No one confused me for Maxwell Smart on his shoe phone. However, it was just large enough to be really big, but not large enough to be cool and look like I was carrying a giant old-school box phone. This phone had some stellar characteristics of it's own though. It actually worked in the house amazingly enough. But it would just turn itself off now and again. It was a clamshell design and half the time you closed it, it would decide it needed a break and turn itself off. Let me tell you this is a great feature when you’re expecting a call. But enough about these two crap boxes. I finally upgraded and bought the stellar Samsung I-500. This phone was smaller than the last cell I was using, but has a fully functional palm pilot in it. This way everyone will be able to tell that I'm a nerd at all times. Not just when I'm writing blogs:0 I can't say that I've figured out how to use any of the features yet. In fact, I couldn't even figure out how to check my missed calls so I could call somebody back. But I'm sure it's going to be awesome. I may even read the directions on it. I know, I know, it's the last thing I would normally due but I figure since I spent this much money on a phone I might as well figure out how to call people on it.

Speaking of cell phones, does anybody remember when they were car phones? I'm talking pre- big box cellular phone. I remember growing up and my dad had a car phone that actually had a cord on it. It's amazing to think how fast technology progresses. The phone I just bought has twice the power of the palm pilot I had just a few years ago. It's also half the size and has a fully functional cell phone in it. I can only imagine what types of technological innovations there will be fifty years down the road. Well I'm getting tired so I won't go on. But one question before I sign off. With the unbelievable advances in technology going on all around us, where the f$*# are the flying cars at?!? Haven’t' they been promising flying cars since the 1950's. But yet I waited in bumper-to-bumper traffic again this morning. Come on people, flying cars!