For any interested parties I am selling my iPhone 3G 16GB phone. Comes with all of the original packaging (except for the earbuds). It is jailbroken/unlocked and currently on 3.1.3, but I’d be happy to update it to the latest firmware upon request. If interested, let me know.
I’ve been wanting to go on this yearly fishing trip for quite a while, but hadn’t had the opportunity until this year. While I’m not much of a fisher, I must admit I had a great time and it was nice to get away for a week. This also gave me the opportunity to give my iPhone 4′s camera a good run: Pictures follow:
We set out from Newnan, GA and had to drive over to Lithia Springs, GA in order to pick up my uncle and cousin.
The cabin set right along Craigs Creek, which was low this year. I only fished here once, but caught a couple of small fish the first night with a fly rod.
We set out on the James river most of the week with a small army of cayaks and canoes.
We stopped frequently above/below rapids to fish – but of course an added bonus was the opportunity to cool off from the hot, humid weather.
The fishing was mostly “quantity, not quality” but there were a few decently size fished here and there.
You can find the rest of my photos from the trip on flickr.
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles, California for work and decided to take two days off to see some of the sights. The following photos are from our various night ventures and the additional vacation days.
We don’t see this very often in Alabama.
We were driving somewhere around in Beverly Hills and came upon an outlook looking over what I assume is Bel Air. The haze had mostly cleared out from what it was earlier in the day, but you can see some remnants of the smog.
One night we ended up going to Hollywood and walk down the walk of fame. We of course drove by famous landmarks such as the Roosevelt Hotel, and the Capital Records building. The picture above is of the Chinese Mann Theater at night.
The above photos are some of my favorite of the trip, and are of Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. The pier offered a few larger rides, such as a roller coaster and ferris wheel in addition to an arcade. There were also various street venders alongside people fishing right off the dock.
This is the end; the end of Route 66.
You can see more photos of my trip in my flickr photo stream.
I had a great time in LA, as the weather did not go above 80°F and was much lower in humidity. I also got to drive along the coast to Malibu and San Diego, which is a very different experience than I’m used to on the Gulf coast. There’s not hotels lining the shore every 20 feet, and towns have a much smaller, less flashy sort of feel. There’s not that much appeal to LA, but outside of LA southern California is definitely somewhere I would like to visit again.
Apparently the Gulf oil spill isn’t the only thing BP is incompetent with:
Ever since Facebook’s introduction back in 2004, I have always been wary of freely giving my personal information to a 3rd party website. Thankfully, Facebook proved to be a useful tool for communication and was limited to college students with a e-mail address of a registered school.
Six years later, things have changed. Information that I could originally fine tune is now made public by default with no options to make it private other than to remove the information. The tool I found useful for communication has become more cumbersome and frustrating as my personal data is made open and shared freely with other 3rd parties.
I already rarely use Facebook, so I’ve long thought of deleting my Facebook account. However, I dislike the thought of having a disconnect with too many people if I need to be reached. It may soon come to a point where “enough is enough” as I get tired of removing information that I feel should remain under my control.
For those of you who do read this through Facebook, my blog is my main outing to the internet and should I find the need to eventually delete my Facebook account it will be my main point of contact outside of email and phone. Future activity will also be available on Twitter and Flickr as I deem necessary. Let this serve as a warning should you no longer find me on Facebook in future.
Every guy wants a man room, I’ve in fact dreamed of one for the past several years. Now since I own my own house that dream can become a reality.
The front bedroom will fulfill that purpose. Young children once filled this room, but those times of adolescence will be no more as the room will be directly injected with testosterone. The room ashamed me so much during its early stages that I could not bear to take a picture of its pitifulness. However, I was able to scourer a picture from the depths of the internet that will give you a slight glimpse into the past.
There has been an UFO sighting in the UK on Google maps. (Hint: Look up once you’re in street view)
The kitchen is finally done! It took about one week to do, but I’m really happy with how things have turned out. I still have a little bit of work to do (such as moving in the rest of the appliances) but the hard work is out of the way.
It feels good to be able to cross the biggest task off my to-do list, and having finished it I took it easy by watching a movie last night. It was very refreshing after a week of hard work just to sit down and relax for once.
Things are finally progressing with the kitchen and I was able to get a lot accomplished over the weekend. I had a few snags with some of the more complicated tile cuts and ended up having to buy a wet saw — but it was so worth it! I could’ve been finished so much sooner had I caved in and gotten one earlier on.
After having all the tile down on the floor and set, I’m glad I went with what I did. It provides a nice contrast to the walls and still looks good with the natural colors of the cabinets.
In addition to having everything cut and set, I was happy to begin with the grout as seen with the above picture. It’s been difficult to wait for the tile/grout to set, as I’m waiting to place my appliances so I can “officially” start living here without having to eat out so frequently. It’s great to know that I’m essentially in the home stretch, just have to wait it out just a little bit longer…
