Rob's Ramblings

For a long time, I have had my eye on an iPhone. For the longest time, I have stayed away from it because of AT&T. A while back, I purchased an iPod Touch to fill that void while I waited out the iPhone coming to a better network (like say, the one I am on - Verizon). I loved it, I used it as my iPod and my PDA.

Two weeks ago, I learned that when you leave your iPod on top of your car and then drive off somwehere, you shouldn't expect to find it when you get home. I was furious with myself for doing that. I started trying to figure out how I was going to replace it, when a thought came to me. For the same cost as an iPod Touch, I could get an iPhone with an AT&T contract. And if I were to cancel it inside of a month, I'd be out $20 plus the pro-rated plan costs for that time. And finally answer the question of whether AT&T could work for me.

So that's what I am doing until October 4th. I forwarded my main cell number to the iPhone, and it's now my main phone. I'm trying to use it in as many locations as I can that I would normally go to. I know it won't be the hardware that determines if I keep this or not, it will be if I can reliably count on AT&T for this to be my main phone. If it all goes as I hope it does, I'll transfer my number over and keep the iPhone, timing it to not incur mid-cycle charges on Verizon. And I can sell my Alias2 on eBay to recoup some of the costs of this.

I'll be posting here and there about how it's going.

I ended my 18-month hiatus from league bowling last night. Between a broken finger that knocked me out of the fall leagues last year, and the move preventing summer bowling, there wasn't a chance to get back on the lanes. I joined a men's league with my father-in-law and brother-in-law on Wednesday nights. It's competitve, but not overly hardcore at all. We're still trying to round out our team and get a full roster, but since I know exactly nobody here outside of family I'm leaving it up to the other two to get our spots filled.

It ended up being a overall good night scorewise too. I came into this year trying to keep expectations reasonable. My goal for the year was (and still is) to keep my average no lower than 190. If I make all my spares, and get one double in there, that's a 200 game most times. I figured on a slow start the first week and work my way up. And after game 1, that plan was right on track. A lot of missed marks and 3 missed spares led to a 165. But things started to click at teh end of that game, and it carried over the rest of the night. I shot a 215 and 214 in the final two games for a 594 series. Couple that with everyone else seemingly having a good time, and I couldn't ask for more.

Weeks bowled: 1
Current Average: 198

Hey there! Welcome to my blog. I've wanted to get a blog going for a while now, and after a couple of aborted attempts hopefully this time it will work.

What will this be about? A little bit of everything. A good portion of it will be aimed at my life as a web developer. Things I learn, things I figure out, and things I screw up (which is not a small list!). I'll also ramble on about gadgets a lot, I am a sucker for most things new and shiny with on/off switches. You'll also get a healthy dose about my personal life, especially about my two kids. bottom line, stick with things long enough and you'll find something you like.