Reality Augmentation

For the past two years, I was using an iPhone 3G. Not 3GS, but a 3G. I knew there were cool things going on with the newer phones, but was content with the fact that I was using a phone that I didn't have to pay for. Work got me the 3G just before the 3GS came out, and I just sorta sat back and waited.

Our contract with AT&T just ended, and now we're on some crazy fast network, with new 4S phones, and it's pretty cool.

I'm most impressed so far with all the augmented reality apps. Might seem like old news to some people, but I really want this to take off. I want to be able to wear sunglasses that tell me things like the weather, how fast I'm travelling, and do facial recognition to people I pass on the street and tell me things about them. "Oh, that person is a wanted criminal? Oh, that person over there is a famous author? Oh, this person does exactly what I do at work, and is hiring?"

You know it would be cool.

Laryngitis is all gone, but I think I need to get something to finish clearing out this phlegm. Still coughing and it hurts.

I'm also looking into buying a car. Nothing new or expensive, but the beast I've been driving needs new tires. I don't want to spend >$500 on tires when $1000 will buy a car. I'm thinking maybe I'll get a small loan from my credit union, use it to pay off the other loan, sell that car, pay back some people I owe big time, and drive something smaller with newer tires.

Or maybe I'll just buy a shit-ton of twinkies.