A year later and this broadcast campaign is still one of the best ever produced:

After almost 2 years of use and abuse, I dropped my SLVR L7 for the last time this weekend. For the past 6 months or so I had been considering a phone that could allow me to check email and other necessities (facebook included) remotely, but had never really had a reason to upgrade.

I got the SLVR before I had an ipod - in the hopes that its 100 song limit would be enough to satisfy my mobile music needs without giving too much support to Apple’s Digital Rights Management plans. I originally installed itunes solely because I got the SLVR, and I vividly remember the nervous feeling I got opening the program for the first time.

Those days seem long gone. The following picture of my old phone was taken with my new iPhone - making me 5th in the office to succumb to its appeal.

Heard of hulu yet? It’s a place you can spend your entire work day watching any of your favorite TV shows. They have lots of movies too. I think we should make some custom screens that can be tied to a hot key, activating fake screens that make employees all over the globe look busy when the boss walks by.

How do I feel about so much entertainment in the workplace? I love it! Especially when I find my own favorite shows are available in all their glory… hulu gives the ability to embed content quickly and easily. Here’s a sample with one of my favorite shows, Arrested Development:

Girl sends grandma’s car into pool

What’s better than Samuel L. Jackson? Nothing, except Samuel L. Jackson AND videogames!

Check out this cool list of actors that have provided voiceover work or cameo appearances to notable videogames like Grand Theft Auto, Command & Conquer, and Kingdom Hearts. Damn you, Spielberg, must you rule everything?!

Recently, I’ve been trying to find a way to justify buying an Ultra-Mobile PC. Without any real reason, the part of my brain that tells me to buy Lucky Charms instead of oatmeal for breakfast takes over. And if you know me, that’s never a good thing.

The UMPC was unveiled a few years ago but hasn’t really seen much success, no thanks to the poor performing Windows Tablet PC operating system. However, its portability makes it such an attractive gadget, and I can’t get over the allure of owning smaller products, like my iPod, iPhone, and dozens of flash drives that I tend to carry with me. If it’s portable, expensive, and new, chances are I’ll buy it or expend mental energy longing for it.

Despite their lacking popularity, I believe the UMPC is the next big thing. Companies like ASUS are launching products like the Eee PC — super popular with Linux nerds — that are helping shine light on the subnotebook genre. Unfortunately, the UMPC availability at local retailers is rather weak at this time, and I hesitate to shell out $1,200 or more on a product I’ve never actually seen or tested.

I suppose for now I’ll just have to settle for a box of Lucky Charms.

I was traveling last weekend - a short trip to visit my college roommate in San Diego (my instant love for the baby panda at the zoo is another story).

On Sunday evening, as I was about to land in Dallas, the (Continental) flight attendant man told me that I had to get rid of my cup of ice before descent (I asked him if I could keep it and he said no). I thought he was kidding, and must have looked shocked when he said “who do you think we are, Southwest Airlines?”

… I must have looked more shocked (and was wondering if he had seen my laptop screen as I had been doing some work for Southwest for much of my flight) when he said “you look like you fly Southwest a lot. You do, don’t you?”

He also looked offended when I didn’t offer him some of my candy I pulled out - I told him I need to have something to unpop my ears since he took my water away. He was not amused. It was a very awkward experience.

I’m not really sure what makes me look like the kind of person who would fly Southwest. And I’m not really sure what this experience says about the Southwest brand. The fact that the slightly awkward, though generally friendly, flight attendant saw that I was disappointed that he had to inconvenience me to follow procedure (as silly as the procedure seemed), is hopefully a comment on Southwest’s reputation for good customer service on their flights.

… And hopefully not a comment on my secret love of hot pants.

Eric wanted to make sure his new MacBook Pro was safe from virii and other airborne bacteria.