Sunday Morning

* Well, looks like “IT” has hit the wall with Ivory Coast. I realize that rooting for Brazil is like going into a casino and cheering for the slot machine, but damn, they are amazing to watch. (If you don’t get the reference to “IT” you should be checking out Special1TV at the World Cup on BBC3.)
* The thing I was going to be dogging England with was to change their official 2010 song to “It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming, SOCCER’S coming home” but I think they have enough problems at present without the colonies mocking them. At least they haven’t gone on strike like the French. Or shat the bed a la Italy…and doesn’t that just warm the little cockles of my heart?
* The iPhone 4 (which I should have by close of business Thursday, cross fingers) apparently does support the use of a Bluetooth keyboard. That is HUGE, as it gets over the biggest obstacle to my travel use of the iPhone (i.e. long-form text entry). Apple’s own regular Bluetooth keyboard for computers is only $69 and apparently runs for 9 months on two AA batteries, and is pretty compact on its own…that really could make all the diff in the world for travel purposes. What remains to be seen is whether the 960×640 display will make that much of a difference in terms of usability – from a pixel standpoint, though, it’s damn close to the 1024×600 of my netbook. It’s only the learning of Ubuntu that keeps me from putting this netbook on Craigslist. Well, that and the fact that I stickered it up with stuff from Maker Faire…
* The other thing I need to find out about the iPhone 4 is whether it still has the voice control features of the 3 GS and if so, what Bluetooth headsets support those command features. Not that I drive alone enough to really warrant an iPhone, but it’s one of those things you kind of have to have.
* Most of all, the big comparison from Thursday will be what the performance is like between the iPhone 4 and the iPad. I intend to get the work iPad onto iOS 4 as soon as possible to see what’s doing (tomorrow? don’t know for sure if the 21st is for the iPad version too)…
* Bitter that my Vandy cap was in that Timbuk2 bag. Not that I needed another Vandy hat, but the only one I have that kinda sorts fits is the St Patricks Day version, and that still has the stink of losing to Murray State on it…
* Dogfishheadshoulderskneesandtoeskneesandtoes 90 Minute IPA ain’t nothin’ to F with. I’m just sayin’.