Hello iPhone

A few days after the iPhone 3G was announced I sold my first gen iPhone for much more than it was worth, the best part is I sold it with my contract… Now I have no plan to return to AT&T as their service is crap and they have no coverage in Nebraska, but I do miss having an iPhone or an iPod touch.

I’ve been considering getting an iPod touch for the past few weeks, but have been holding off. Well today I found a first gen 8GB iPhone available for $100, dang sweet deal! I’m hopefully gonna take a look at it tomorrow and if it’s in good condition I’ll purchase it.

Now I can spend all the money I saved on apps in the App Store.

Pixar: Up

Pixar debuted the trailer for their new film Up yesterday, looks odd.

The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid he met a girl named Ellie, who grew up in small midwestern town. The two fell in love and eventually got married. Her dream was always to explore the world and visit paradise falls, but as usually happens, life got in the way. They were never able to make good on their promise, and Ellie eventually passed away. Now Carl is a widower living alone in his small home. Developers are threatening to move him into an old folks home.

Thoughts?

59 MPG

I’ve been tracking my mileage on my new toy and even though I’m still in the break-in period (first 600 miles, which I should surpass later today) I’m getting excellent gas mileage. My first tank was a measly 41 MPG, my second 58 MPG, and my third tank 59 MPG, that’s a healthy 52.99 MPG average.

Now from what I’ve read and the people I’ve talked too, supposedly the mileage improves after the break-in period… which would be sweet, though I’m not really expecting it too.

p.s. I filled up for $10.23 the other day, eat that world.

Like Clockwork

Apple announced their excellent earnings for this last quarter yesterday, and of course the stock started a predictable downward slide.

It happens every earnings call, Apple goes conservative on the next quarters guidance and Wall Street freaks. Hello! They do this every time! Big deal, everyone knows they’re going to blow away that guidance, so why freak out?

Anyhow, this an excellent opportunity to pick up some discounted Apple shares.

Scour - Get Paid to Improve Search Results

Getting paid might be an overstatement, as Scour really just rewards you with points which can be redeemed for cash at around 6500 points (that translates into $25).

Scour arregates search results from Yahoo, MSN, and Google, so it’s actually useful as a search engine. Plus you can earn a little extra on the side.

Use this link to signup and earn a few bonus points curtosy of Hijinks Inc.

The Definition of Beautiful

Here’s the true definition of beautiful: Filling up and getting an entire tank of gas for $12.27

But wait! There’s more… that $12.27 will get me 203.4 miles!

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I just purchased a scooter, but not one of those pansy little Vespa’s or a Honda Metropolitan… No, this is a 400cc Yamaha Majesty.

Pretty sweet, huh? A lot of people were saying that the Majesty is a little weak in the get-up-and-go department, but for a starter bike I have no complaints. From a dead stop I caught up with two Harley’s going 55mph in just a few seconds, not bad at all.

Anyhow, the lack of future updates either means I’m busy riding, or dead.