Ok, so its happened again. No, not like the last entry, how I structured it like you knew what I was talking about before you did. Though that was cool. This time its the ISP again. You know, I've liked my Road Runner experience for the most part. Looking forward to college networks and their potentially fancier hook ups. (T1 maybe? Or is that the movie with The Governator in it?)
However, do to some tragically poor wiring in my house, the modem has always been troubled. More than that, sometimes it won't connect. Most of the time it seems brilliant. But then it'll go for days and not be able to connect at all. These past few have been those days. It sucks to be cut off from the internet when you're as addicted as I. (and I say that not only for comedic effect, but also as a blind faith admission to the public of the internet. I am addicted. Never expect me to say it so openly ever again, but I am. As soon as I step away from it, I have cravings for digg.com and the like. I miss it the instant I know I can't connect to it. I even get the shakes. well, almost... but enough of my darkest secrets.)
Not to mention that my house was apparently built as a hybrid domicile and bomb shelter combo. The range of WiFi signals within that damn place are to be disbelieved. I won't even bother to comment. I believe you're probably smart enough not to believe anything so fantastic and bizarre unless you see it yourself. And I'm certainly not inviting you over. Sorry. Even some of my closest associates have yet to step inside my dwelling. I like to think its because I prefer to be mysterious... but maybe there's another reason....

What I meant to say:
Oh, that's right... none of that was my point. My point was this: (and I love it because I feel so authentic for say something criticizing Apple's design) Why does the iPhone's SMS chat interface look just like iChat? Isn't that highly deceptive? Most texting interfaces make the whole thing out to be like having a mailbox. Or maybe sending things by messenger pigeon. I can agree, at least in theory, that their scheme to organize text chats in conversations make some sense. But as my own experience has exemplified, its not quite right. It makes it seem as if it's a continuous conversation without any accounting for time. It is not IM. Its only really an iChat look-alike.
In several interactions with my friends, I've had the problem arise that they don't see the conversation as I do, continuous and apparently lag-free. So I respond to something days later like I'm just picking up where I left off. They get confused. Then I get confused. Then there's the fact that I, as I think others do to, have a tendency to send shorter IM messages. Even cute little ones that are like: "lol" and thats it. When I think of all the text messages I've sent in small blocks instead of complete sentences or ideas, it makes me sad. Oh well, I'll fault Apple on that but still love them for everything else they do. Like the iPhone on the whole, for instance.

Tags: iphone, isp, vent

Ok, so I just saw it again. I'm sitting in La Jolla, CA, and I saw it on TV. The History Channel to be exact. It's not the first time, so I've probably seen it on other channels too, but I can't be sure which ones...
Its a commercial promoting some kind of environmental group. But the title, and this is my point really, is GreenNYC. Yes. New York City. The commercial opens with this little cartoon bird. And then the narrator says, hey, you know what you can do to help keep NYC green? Yes you... And while that's cute. The idea is that I can do something. They know I'm likely apathetic. They think they need to tell me that I can indeed make a difference.
But I'm in California. Exactly how do I help keep NYC green? I don't live there. I wonder what the carbon footprint is of a commercial that runs unnecessarily. I wonder how much money they've waisted by running their PSA on the OPPOSITE COAST. Srsly....

I can't be sure if I was on the road before, when I left said road, or whether or not I'm back on that road now. I'm considering all sorts of radical restructuring of this site... Thought about moving my blog to somewhere where I can post via a web portal... something RapidWeaver, for all its charm, does'nt allow for. And while CushyCMS seems like it might offer some kind of jerry-rigged and/or MacGyver'd solution, all that seems to complex for my taste... I think. I was for a while thinking of moving it to The Pirate Bay's new blog service... That would certainly grant me some protection, but still, I don't think I'm there yet.
I'm also, (and I'm now whispering to you) considering changing hosts. Now don't get me wrong, MacDock has never done me wrong. But I do in fact get the distinct impression that the service for which I am paying is not only overpriced but also feature-poor. Seems like this web hosting tailored specifically for RapidWeaver may in fact be some kind of RealMac-MacDock racket. It may in fact be.
I'm also particularly concerned about things like MySQL and such, as I'm considering hosting a Wiki for my "Family Group" at Bishop's. And while the people at MacDock assure me that I should be able to install one, I get the feeling they're just giving me the runaround...
I'm too ashamed to tell you what they charge me, really... But I have indeed gotten most used to the cushy-ness of a paid host, so I'll likely just find me a cheaper one... I'm considering NearlyFreeSpeech.net if anyone has any input. I'll also have to redirect the DNS... and find some way to move my email... but the site itself should remain intact I think. And thats sorta comforting. Beyond that, it may afford me the chance to try new things. And you know how I love that.

So once again I find myself trying to revive my long defunct blog. Ugh. Well, what to say? I got into Occidental College. I'm nearly failing half my classes, have a bunch of work to make up... pent up stress... Modem was on the fritz for a while, booted me from WoW. Oh yeah, back into WoW right now.
As far as Tasty Buffalo operations, I'm considering hosting a wiki site for my "Family Group" at Bishop's. We're the Corleones. Sweet, I know. Also planning to revise/overhaul the Tasty Buffalo logo. That should be fun.
Anyway, just a quick post to prove to myself that the blog is salvageable. Considering moving the blog over to the sexy new Pirate Bay blog host. I could post sketchy things there and nobody would care. Well, maybe people would, but not the people who could take it down. Cool. Otherwise, I've got to move a bunch of files over to my laptop before I can upload all this stuff and be sure not to obstruct all the file paths on the server.
I may write another couple of posts about something else before moving on with my life. May also attempt using this blog as my on personal venting channel. That'd be cool. Get myself some digital catharsis. Oh, that reminds me, I have psych to do...