The new phone.

One of the things that have become irreplaceable tools in everyday life are the cell phone. They are see as accessories, functional tools for business, media players for the plane or the gym. I'm not going to get into the whole Qualcomm /Broadband suit going on right now.. that would be another opinionated commentary on American censorship.

The SE P910a

The last one I took a long time to research and decide on. I have the SONY Ericsson's P910a. I'm not too much of a fan of the new SE P990's smaller screen, but the flash 2.2MP camera, and the video phone capability sell it to me. Of course there's the Symbian Operating System which is Open Source and non-proprietary in second vendor software.

I've heard pro's and cons from folks who have used it but all in all it still holds strong for me. The SE I own now has been dropped no less than 50 times from heights even above my head. I stopped worrying about it after about the 10th drop (that may have added to the high count later). The thing takes a BEATING. I broke the keyboard after texting like a maniac for 2 years. Not too shabby. I took that off and now use a virtual keyboard like the new iPhone is going to have. I'm not a fan. I like the tactile real keys. sure its a little harder on your fingers for texting, but I like it better and find it more responsive.

The SEp990 SOOOOOOO NICE!



Anyway. I just found out the new one shipped today so it will arrive just in time for me to spend the weekend screwing around with that instead of fixing my leaky irrigation. Well I'll fix that but I'm sure There's stuff I won't get done because of it. More on the SE site... this is a truly awesome phone... if you can call it that .. I usually call the p910 my 'mini laptop' and with 3G connection and the ability to surf in any unsecure wi-fi or if I get wi-fi with T-mobile then I'll be at outrageous downloads on it :)

They just came out with the p1, but im sure it's about 2-3 times what I can get this for. I'll wait 3 years and upgrade then. the p1 is smaller and has a 3.2MP camera.

The Good News

Well after all the trouble the biopsy came back negative ... no cancer for me today. Yea!! Sitting on the couch gives you a lot of thinking time even with the tele on.

I was watching the Herculoids tonight and started thinking... Now this family is sitting on this planet with some crazy friends (a dragon, a rock beast, a well kind of triceratops, and two ectoplasmic goops. They live off the land as far as I can tell and live in a hut or open ramada. Whats so crazy about that? Well they end up in all sorts of predicaments when some of the stranger residents of the planet or some off-worldly aliens try to take them for slaves or take some resource from the planet. The Herculoids have tons of opportunity to take advanced technology from all these visitors and "improve" their lives. They choose not to. It seems they are perfectly happy being the family they are and living out their lives in simplicity. Nowadays we have pop cartoons like Spongebob. Makes you think... or maybe its the Vocodin haha.

Four months later they finally found out what was wrong with me. I thought originally that I had another hernia, or tore up the fiberglass mesh patch on the last one. I started taking Hydrocodone for the pain. I thought that the chills, fevers, lightheaded-ness and dizziness were all part of the effects of the painkillers. After a CT scan, results were inconclusive. Then I went for an ultrasound.

Turns out three of my lymph nodes in my groin were going nuts and were swollen. I discussed this with my primary care physician and he was very concerned. After about a pint of blood and 12 different tests on it and my pee they figured it out. I had a bacterial infection (Treponema pallidum). Not fun. Luckily it hadn't progressed far enough to destroy any of my organs.



I also opted to have the largest of these three lymph nodes removed and have a biopsy conducted on it to ensure there aren't any carcinomas involved in the reaction of my lymph nodes. My dad's side had a history of cancer, so I want to check anything out that might be related to cancer, or pre-cancerous. I am pretty confident they wont find anything, but I figure its better to be proactive than reactive on this one.