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Archive for May, 2009

My new Blackberry Curve 8900

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

So I definitely made the switch to T-mobile and got the Blackberrry Curve 8900. This phone is pretty great. It was way smaller than I thought it would be when I first opened it up. But that’s a good thing because the comparable Bold is pretty big.

Pros:

  • Screen resolution is great
  • Keyboard doesn’t seem as cheap as Curve 8300
  • Thin form factor
  • Standard headphone jack
  • Wi-fi UMA functionality compatible with T-mobile Hotspot
  • 3 Megapixel camera
  • GPS
  • MicroSD card slot expandable to 16GB

Cons:

  • EDGE network, not 3G

Other than that, there wasn’t much to complain about with the phone.  I have a ton of other friends who have blackberries and communicate over BB Messenger.  It’s definitely the best Blackberry out there, depending on your opinion about the Storm.  I would recommend this phone if you’re on T-mobile or looking to switch to T-mobile.

PHP Makes You a Lazy Programmer

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

The fact that you don’t have to initialize your variables in PHP makes me a very lazy programmer.  With a large scale project that I’ve been working on for the past 6 months, I’ve really paid the penalty for dumb mistakes like not initializing and resetting my variables.  So just because PHP doesn’t make you do that stuff, it’s always best practice to do so.