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Archive for January, 2009

My Next Phone

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

My Verizon Wireless contract ends next Wednesday so I’m planning on getting a new phone.  For the longest time I’ve been wanting an iPhone primarily for the dozens of cool applications there are on the iPhone App Store.  But, due to the shitty economy, I think i need to save some cash and jump back on my family’s family plan with T-Mobile.  I was paying about 70 bucks a month on Verizon for the most basic voice plan, unlimited text, and the most basic data plan.  That’s a lot for one line.

Now, if I get an iPhone, i’ll probably be paying a little over a hundred bucks to be with AT&T.  And I hear they have shitty customer service.  Another thing about the iPhone I don’t like is that you can’t take out the battery.  Nor can you switch out the storage or increase the storage.

What I’ve been kinda eyeing lately is RIM’s Blackberry Curve 8900 which is supposed to come out soon.  It’s no 3G iPhone, but it should take care of everything I need. I can take out the battery, and if they ever come out with flash cards bigger than 16GB, i could totally upgrade, lol.  I may consider hooking it up with my work e-mail, but that’s still to be decided.  I haven’t really figured out how much the family plan + extra features I need for the Curve will cost, but i’m hoping my share of the bill will be less than what I’m paying now.   If anyone has any input on this, that would be awesome :-)

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Side Projects

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I have like 3 or 4 side projects that I want to get rolling on…  but I feel like there’s little time to work on those kinda things.  Kristine and I went to Mozart’s this past Saturday so I could work on something I’d been putting off since September and it actually felt really good.  Now that college football season is over, my Saturdays have to be devoted to something, right?

But in order to get these things done, I have to spend way more time than the weekends to do these things.  When I get home from work (where I do web development), sometimes I don’t feel like doing more web work.  I’ve obviously gotta have some sort of balance in my life.  Things like going to the gym, watching my Netflix movies, keeping up with TV shows, PS3, cooking, and just time with Kristine all supercede the time for side projects.  Most likely, i’ll have to give up the Netflix, fall behind on TV shows, or something…  Or maybe I can organize myself enough to actually get all this stuff done!  Maybe.

By the way, hello Facebook…  I was kinda iffy about importing http://frankmaulit.com into Facebook notes, since I think I’ve already got enough exposure on Facebook, but whatever.

I’ve also added a bunch of blogs/websites on my blogroll on http://frankmaulit.com.. If you want me to add your blog or website, let me know.

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