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  • April25th

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    So back in January my iPhone (original) started developing grey lines of what looked to be dead pixels at the top of the screen, but in all reality they weren’t dead, because the lines would shrink and grow. I just accepted it and got used to it because my phone was unlocked for T-Mobile which made it impossible to take it into Apple to get it fixed. Recently though it started developing the grey lines in the middle of the screen, and they only grow, never shrink. So I started checking craigslist. No luck, just a bunch of scammers.

    Finally yesterday while wandering around the Forum Shops in Vegas I stumbled across an Apple store and I wandered in. Go figure I left the $50 gift card I have to Apple from my Mom in Columbia, but regardless I sat down and applied for an AT&T contract so I could get a new phone. I really just did it because I was bored, because I assumed I would get denied, seeing as I royally screwed my credit up in my late teens/early twenties, and am now paying for my mistakes. Low and behold I WAS APPROVED. So I opted for the 3g, not the 3gs, because it was only $100. Luckily my number ported over from T-Mobile just fine, and I am happily now cruising the mobile interwebs on 3g as opposed to EDGE.

    Granted with my luck, the iPhone will probably move to Verizon in the next year haha.

  • April21st

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    This airline rules, solely based on the fact that they provide (at a cost) WiFi internet on their flights.

  • January22nd

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    Ever since I got my macbook I’ve been hooking it up to my tv to watch movies and netflix online. The only pain in my ass is getting up out of bed to adjust the volume or rewind or pause, or basically do ANYTHING at all. I tried hooking my wireless mouse up, but where my computer sits it just didn’t transmit the signal correctly. Then I thought “there has to be a way to control it via my iPhone.” That’s when I discovered mobile air mouse. It gives me all the functions of a track pad plus a keyboard and other remotes for apps like iTunes and firefox. It’s only $1.99 on the app store and free for the server software for your computer. It’s well worth the investment if you’re like me and use your computer as an entertainment device hooked up to your tv. Check out the video below.

    (this whole post was created and written using mobile air mouse.)