I was on TV, tonight!  I know...pretty cool, huh? 

 

Our neighborhood (San Rafael) has been fighting to protect our zoning against big buildings and apartment complexes for just over a year.  I enthusiastically joined the march last year, and after rounds of meetings, petition signings and yard signs everywhere, our City Council Meeting was finally tonight.  Over 50 neighbors attended the meeting, and 26 agreed to get up in front of the city council and talk about our neighborhood needed to be protected.  I volunteered, jotted down a few notes, and jumped up and spoke.  It was totally fun!

 

   

 

The bill passed unanimously, and the wonderfully historic neighborhood of San Rafael is now protected by the OD-9 Overlay.  Yay, us!

 

If you're looking for an autograph, contact my publicist at: baron_the_wonderdog@marsell.com.

 

 

 

 

 

As you may or may not know, the iPhone is was only available in an 8GB model.  I waited until Christmas, hoping that Apple would announce a 16GB model.  No go.  That's fair - I'll wait until MacWorld in January 2008.  I'm sure they'll announce a 16GB iPhone, then.  Still no go.  Hmmm, okay, it looks like it's gonna be a while.  My T-Mobile contract is up, my Blackberry is dying, maybe I'll just suck it up and get an 8GB iPhone to hold me over until Fall, when they unleash a 16GB model.

 

So last Tuesday I suck it up and buy an 8GB iPhone.

 

This morning, Apple makes the announcement that a 16GB iPhone is available to the public.

 

So, after a $100 upgrade and a $40 restocking fee, I'm the proud owner of a 16GB iPhone.  If there's any technology that you're wanting to come out, and don't want to wait any longer for, just give me the money to buy it's previous version.  That'll guarantee you that the new version will be released one week later.

 

Okay, back to the point.  Having played with an 8GB for just under a week, I absolutely love this electronic piece of heaven.  I ride the light rail to work in the mornings, and all of a sudden, I'm wishing my ride was longer than 7 minutes.  Why didn't I have one of these when I lived 35 minutes from work. 

 

On one single device, in a span of about 10 minutes, I can do all of the following:

 

- Send a text message to Ami and tell her I love her

- Take a picture of the bum passed out in the seat across from me

- Email that picture to ten friends (or at least Tiff)

- GPS my exact location on Google Maps, so I know exactly how close I live to my office

- Watch 1.5 minutes of an episode of The Office Season Three

- Listen to 30 seconds of my favorite Hillary Duff song

- Check the weather of Denver, Big Canoe, Playa Del Carmen, and Paris

- View my calendar items for the day so I know how many pointless meetings I have to attend

- Watch a YouTube video of Baron tearing through my living room

- Browse to ANY website on the internet and view their (non-mobile) version of the page

 

Yeah, it's that great.  I love this thing.  Is it the best gadget I've ever bought?  I'm gonna say that it's right up there with my first MP3 Player and my Xbox 360, so pretty close.  If you haven't played with one yet, stop by the Apple store and get addicted.