It's been quite some time since my last substantiated post, and while I shall hardly consider this post to be content-laden, it hopefully will wrap up a few ties since my last posting. I'll begin by explaining my current situation in life, move on to my take on a few recent developments, and lastly touch base on some future happenings.
As you have undoubtedly noticed, the blog has taken a much more festive appearance. To be quite honest, the design layout of my blog was once again beginning to frustrate me, and I decided it's about time I made a significant change, even though it shall undoubtedly be temporary. I now know, from my previous attempt, that Wordpress, while signficantly pleasing to the eye, is not quite useful to the degree of which I utilize VOX. If vox had more design themes, and an option to create albums to be viewed in the same manner as the SplashBlog of old, I'd be undeniably happy! Alas, this is not an option, so no point making it an issue as it's highly unlikely to ever see the light of day.
Currently, my life is regrettably a lot less festive than the colors of this blog itself. I'm a student at the University of Oregon, with a Pre-Business major and hoping to accepted as an Accounting major next year. I live a few blocks off-campus in a three-story unit, of which I occupy one of the two rooms on the top floor. From here I can see my car, which at the moment happens to be a Smart ForTwo. My room is a sort of off-white (beige tint), which is both clean in appearance and cold in demeanor. If I had my way, I'd paint a few of the walls a nice dark red, maroon perhaps, in order to create a sense of creamy coziness. Perhaps I will... that would explain why I'm holding on to so many newspapers with the intention to protect the floor from the inevitible drips that are going to occur.
These days I walk almost everywhere. If the weather is terrible, I'll drive, but only if my destination is more than ten blocks away (aka Safeway and work). I carry in my pockets two devices, my trusty Nokia E71 (in white), and my iPod Touch. I must say, I find the new update for iPod Touch to be rather a letdown- all of my "smart playlists" are all messed up! For example, even if I rate something 5 stars on the iPod, it still won't show up on my top rated. What the heck Apple! Fix this! My Nokia E71, on the other hand, is trusty as always. I actually changed the product code in order to install the v300.21.012 firmware (which supposedly improved camera performance), but so far haven't noticed much new so I'll prolly downgrade/reverse what I did. (I already changed the product code back, anyways.) Which leads me on to my present developments...
I've got a friend purchasing a Motorola CLIQ soon, and as he's currently using a Nokia N96 I asked if I might be able to take the phone off his hands. I'm getting a bit frustrated by my E71's lackluster camera (even though I now own a DSLR), and need something a bit more adventure-worthy. (Wait for future happenings.) He generally takes care of his stuff pretty well, and while I say that he's likely dropped it a couple of times and it may have a scratch here or there. So my plan is to trade him a bunch of gadgets I have around the house in exchange for it, then purchase a complete replacement housing and transfer the electronics to the new shell. Looking it up it looks like if I want a true new N96 on-a-budget as I'm suggesting, I'll need to also purchase a new slide as well... likely a necessary thing anyways since these are known for having rather clunky slides.
Now, while this has always been an option, I do have a friend that might trade me his old C905 for something. Not sure yet, but I certainly hope so! He's already moved onto a G1, so unless he's dead set on wanting my E71, I'll likely toss whatever he wants his way. The reason why this is an afterthought is that the N96 is a real smartphone, and will achieve my ends much better than the C905. (Basically this all comes down to the factor of gaming.)
Now, time to talk about future features! I'll be travelling to Japan on December 12th, and anticipate taking a lot of pictures while I'm there. I'm planning on bringing my Nikon D40 and hopefully a phone other than my E71 to use as a backup camera / messaging device. While I anticipate taking my iPod Touch as well, I hope to only use it while on the airplane. Unless of course the N96 works out perfectly to plan (which I always seem to have trouble with ambitious plans), and then it's 16GB ought to cater to my needs nicely. (And then I might trade off my iPod Touch... who knows?)
So there, my few scarce readers, is what I've been up to. It also explains the reason for the above picture... although if I ever manage to snag such a picture for myself, it'll be a silver C905 instead of the black.
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