My desk is one of the few large items that returned from Germany with me. It’s a very basic design: roughly 60″ x 30″, slightly curved sides with rounded edges, four tubular adjustable-height legs. Probably from IKEA. It’s beauty comes from it’s simplicity; it doesn’t really try to do anything except provide a massive working […]
Archive for July, 2004
Organization
27Jul04Love
22Jul04UPS just delivered my new Dell 2001FP LCD, which has been semi-regularly discounted to $800. I’d treated myself to a $400 17″ LCD about 8 months ago, and it was a nice step up from my old Sony E200s (fine CRTs for their day), but that transition was nothing compared to this.
Twenty point one […]
SmartPhone 2003 for MPx-200
09Jul04MSMobiles has a German SmartPhone 2003 ROM and Multi-Language Update (including American) for the MPx-200. As much as I want SP2003, I’m not brave enough to try it until someone posts instructions for extracting the original SP2002 ROM.
On a not-exactly-related note, I am quite disappointed that upcoming SmartPhones from Motorola will not be using a […]
Nasty AT&T Surprise
02Jul04AT&T Wireless hit me with an unpleasant surprise this month — a $268.68 cell phone bill, compliments of roaming and long distance charges of $174.53 plus $46.13 worth of “Taxes, Surcharges, and Regulatory Fees.” My normal bill is under $60. A long phone call to my best friend in Texas racked up a $120 charge […]
