Last night I downloaded the much anticipated iPhone OS 3.0 software. This morning I saw a few cosmetic changes, but wanted to know how to use them. I searched on Apple’s site extensively and could only find a list of features, not a guide on how to use them. My friend br1xt0n couldn’t find it either. My mid-day I’d tweeted the dilemma, and no replies. I was getting pissed.
My friend James tweeted a link that kept me pacified for a little while. He posted a list of the top 10 hidden features of the new OS. Okay… but what about cut-and-paste? What about all the other magic we were promised?! As I said in my tweet, I was starting to feel like Harry Potter — magical wand in hand, but with no spell book to guide me.
Finally br1xt0n posted the answer. A blog post that listed the best 40 features of the new OS and how to use them. Sweet! Now I can actually use the new awesomeness. Well, except for tethering. AT&T doesn’t support that yet. Oh, and forget MMS (sending images via text message). AT&T is still waaay behind on that one too. We’re told those features will be available by end of summer (yeah, riiiiight!).
And, did I mention that I can’t use my iPhone at my new house? Apparently line-of-sight to the towers on Twin Peaks doesn’t guarantee cell coverage. I get absolutely no 3G coverage and about one bar of Edge. Visual voicemails take over ten minutes to download to my phone. I have to see who’s calling, wait for them their attempted call to end, and then call them back on Skype.
AT&T FAIL!
I fully plan on calling AT&T tomorrow and complaining… vehemently. What’s more, I will call every Friday until the problem is fixed. I effing hate AT&T. How can Apple still be pinning their phone to such a sub-par provider? And, how can AT&T not have every inch of San Francisco blanketed in rich 3G goodness? San FRAN-CISCO.
Rex Wockner has an amazing summary of the myriad responses to Obama’s derogatory and backward-thinking DOJ brief, as well as his unfulfilled promise to be a “fierce advocate” for LGBTs.
I was just talking about whether pressuring Obama for action now on gay issues was warranted, or if we could wait until after healthcare reform is passed in six months. Until earlier this week, I was of the mind that we could wait. That DADT and DOMA suck donkey balls, but we’ve lived with them for a decade or so and could probably wait a couple of months more. Especially if Obama’s political capital could be focused on revolutionizing healthcare.
Then a couple of things happened. First, Obama’s healthcare plan seems to be shaping up to be pretty effing weak. It’s questionable whether it’ll approach anything even resembling universal coverage. Okay, soooo… maybe taking a backseat to a lackluster healthcare effort doesn’t sound as palatable as it did before.
And the straw that broke the gay camel’s back was the offensive DOJ brief supporting DOMA and equating gay marriage to incest among other things. That was just too much for the gays to handle. Sure, we’ll wait if that’s what you need. But while we’re waiting, don’t morally excoriate us. Don’t outwardly oppose our civil rights in your legal briefs.
Obama’s DOJ brief and his lack of action on gay issues has stirred up the rainbow hornets’ nest. Will his inaction on gay rights be his undoing? Will it be the point at which a majority of lefties start to question his progressive-ness? Will his remaining supporters on the far left finally become “unsatisfied” with his progress in the polls?
Much will depend on how Obama and his staff react in the next few days/weeks. I can tell you this: Recommitting to being our fierce advocate and doling out a handful of benefits to federal employees is a very small band aid that will lose its adhesiveness quickly, peel off, and reveal a much bigger owie.
Pssst, Obama: Time’s up. You effed up. Now, just FIX IT.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declined to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8, telling a San Francisco judge that the legality of the anti-gay marriage measure is for the courts to decide.
The governor’s decision to remain neutral in a federal challenge to Proposition 8 means no statewide official will be defending the measure in federal court. continued…
You may recall my re-posting of TPM’s coverage of the Hoekstra Twitter blunder yesterday. Someone has taken the idea and turned it into a blog meme. It’s a cross between LOL Cats and Despair, Inc. Here are a few of my favorites from HoekstraIsAMeme.com:
Lene sent me this via TPM. Here is TPM’s exact post:
Earlier today, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) put up this astonishing post on Twitter, likening the oppression of the Iranian people to the plight of House Republicans:
In the hours since, the Twitter community has responded — with massive heckling. Here’s just a small sample of some of the best ones:
You may recall the twink from a few weeks ago with a Louisville slugger hanging between his legs. Lucky for you, I stumbled upon some more hot pics of Mr. Elephant Trunk. What’s more, one of the commenters on my last post pointed me in the direction of Christopher’s boyfriend, Jordan Carlyle. How annoying is it that these two are so sickeningly adorable and hot. Effing bastards. j/k
Don’t miss the today’s bonus Humpday Hotness shots of Christopher and Jordan, after the jump. I wonder if Jordan also has a huge wang? And if so, I wonder if they have light-saber wars in bed? Or Schwartz wars… (anyone get that reference?!)
This week we bring yet another fitness trainer turned model (i.e. last week’s humpday hotness Michael Fitt). Chad bulging biceps arms are the kind of arms meant for that cheesy line, “Hey, which way to the gun show? I think it’s that way,” (flexes and points). He also has the furrowed brow… the kind that suggests he could get really nasty and aggressive in bed, like he’d rip your clothes off, throw you face down on the bed and… er, wait, what?! My, how the mind wanders…
OK, so you live in the city, and there’s a park in the neighborhood and every once in a while you take a stroll. And because your park is no different than any other park in any other metropolitan city, it attracts all kinds of people. Some normal, like you, some weird, and some, well, let’s just not go there now…
But actually, that’s exactly where Tristan Zimmermann, designer extraordinaire went. Drawing inspiration from the bonsai, the Park Planters were created to elevate the common household plant to the status of full grown tree. The potted plant becomes the backdrop for an urban park scene. This is the first in a series of two different park scenes investigating the dark side of the park, the stuff that happens when the sun goes down and you’re not supposed to play in the park any more. You’ll find a lost salesman, a flasher a gay couple and a mugger, with no two scenes being alike ensuring the autonomy of each piece. Beautifully crafted out of porcelain each set contains a plate, the planter base and two parts of the lid, one blank and one with the scene of your choice.
