MKNonline Blog

It’s Sunday. I feel like procrastinating. This should be my new blogging goal, to blog on Sundays. It’s especially relaxing to blog on Sundays for some reason.

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Instant Gratification of the Week

So I got a Palm Pre on Thursday. I know it’s only been out a week but…FINALLY. I was hoping to get it opening day last Saturday, but I was in Baltimore and the Best Buy I went to sold out on the phone within 30 minutes. I was so distraught, I bought the Sims 3. This made me feel good (and reclusive) for about four days, and then I finally got the Palm Pre. Now, it’s like having a plate of fish-n-chips a plate of steak-and-fries in front of me. I can’t handle eating both, but I don’t want to choose between the two.

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What I Should Be Doing Right Now

Due to my new phone, I’ve been trying to organize my Gmail and contacts. Getting a Palm phone inspired me to get organized for the upcoming semester and my own sanity. I spent yesterday transferring over my phone numbers, and realized how many people I’ve lost contact with. Sad.

I’m still not done archiving and filtering all my emails. I have 400 emails just sitting in my inbox waiting to be sorted. I get bored and nostalgic after cleaning out 10 or so emails, so it’s back to play with my phone or The Sims.

Also, I failed miserably at revising my thesis proposal. This is going to bite me in the ass almost immediately.

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And Two More Things

I don’t know why The Sims 3 is getting horrible reviews on Amazon. It’s amazingly fun, but I think people are having issues that it isn’t full blown Sims 2 + 10,000 expansion packs yet. The object selection does kind of suck at the moment, and EA is nickel-and-diming users for additional content, but what else is new. The game is still incredibly fun.

Also, I’m not going to even advocate for the Palm Pre. Everyone can get that new iPhone 3GS on AT&T, because nothing I say will dissuade their misconceptions of Sprint or a Palm phone. I like going against the grain anyways. This phone is amazing, and it has potential to be even greater even on its first iteration. I hope it takes off and I can look like the innovator. If I were to say one thing, Multi-tasking applications is worth every penny. Suck it, Apple fanboys.