Briefly » Flying through the night

When I first saw The Lost Boys back in the 80s, I stayed up all night afterwards thinking about it and being all excited / scared. That kicked off my obsession with vampiric lore. RIP Corey Haim.

Lightbulbs in the centre of being

Nokia and iPhone side-by-side

Honestly, I did not think it would come to this. But here’s photographic proof that I do indeed carry around two mobiles (as of this week) — my rather-new Nokia E72, which I love, and a brand spanking new (I assume it’s not a refurb) iPhone 3G.

Thoughts so far:

  • I no longer have to pay for work-related calls on my mobile. Wahey!
  • Why is there no manual? I wanted to RTFM. Quick Start Guides are boring.
  • It doesn’t feel particularly robust.
  • I object to having to save credit card details on the iTunes store just so I can sync it up.
  • It’s ever-so-slightly wider than the E72.
  • Having the email set to Push while I’m in the office, sitting at my PC, is highly annoying (it’s off now).
  • A physical QWERTY keyboard is just so much more satisfying to use compared to a touchscreen haptic one.
  • ‘Sent from my iPhone’ is so boring; how about ‘Sent from my iPhone, apologies for the spelling mistakes because I can’t use a touchscreen’?
  • I’m not too bothered about having access to hundreds of thousands of apps. It’s for communicating, not games.
  • That said, I can now download any book-related app. Market intelligence, I call it.

(Shot with a Nokia E51 in night mode.)

Springing downwards

Well-spotted: Neil drew my attention to this cute wee character sprayed on a wall along George Street.

Mouse

(Shot with my Nokia E72!)

Briefly » I feel your touch

Y’know, the photo of Tony Blair on the jacket of his memoir (no I won’t be buying it, political memoirs aren’t usually very interesting) looks like the solo effort of someone who used to be in a pop group. I’m not sure that was the effect he was going for.

Briefly » The voices told me to do it

If a psychopath’s brain is wired up to respond differently to stimulus, are they still fully responsible for their crimes? They can’t be rehabilitated if that’s the case.

Briefly » You can’t handle the truth

Watching True Blood has made me think of another series that Neil hasn’t heard of. It probably didn’t help that I couldn’t recall its name when I was talking about it. But the penny dropped this morning — American Gothic. I remember it being pretty good. I also remember Forever Knight. Those were the days!

The board game of life

Everyone’s talking about this one. There’s a good reason — the video is brilliant. What a great effort.

Briefly » It isn’t about the dead bodies

If I could afford the time to be trained, being employed to help the police in investigating crimes (and/or helping victims) would be really excellent.

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