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07/13/2008 17:32
Two and a half days after the offical iPhone 3G launch, we joined the droves of the 1st wave/shipment adopters.
After going by the Apple store in Palo Alto at 10AM and seeing a long line and then headed off to the one at the Stanford mall. After breakfast (11AM), we saw what we thought was a short...
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03/21/2008 21:33
After years of having many Smartphones using the Windows Mobile or PocketPC OSs, I feel fairly qualified about things that they had and what I wish my iPhone could have or be customized.
Here's what two things I feel my iPhone's home-screen would look like and how the alarm would look like. I...
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03/20/2008 14:34
It’s Thursday again and here I am at Lexus for what I hope to be last service call for a couple of months. A couple of months? Well, my VW will be hitting 20K, so I know that one’s coming.
Yesterday, my co-workers suggested I call to make sure the part was in to make today go as planned (unlike...
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03/20/2008 10:35
It’s Thursday and here I am at a car service place. It works out today because I can rant about MagellanGPS.
I receive an email last weekend stating that my Magellan GPS has been serviced and is on its way back to me. Great, but I look at the shipping address and it’s going to a non-existent...
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03/13/2008 22:36
Well, I had planned to bring in my wife's Lexus (see last week's) but a call to the dealership Wednesday saved the trip. Of course the part was not in but unlike my experience with VW (see farther back), I called to confirm.
After doing a couple of hours of data entry (since I restored...
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03/06/2008 16:04
Another Thursday and another trip to getting a car serviced. Like last week, it's the Lexus again (and next week too. Whoops, I left out surprise or did you guess already?). So, like the VW before, the independent facility found a minor issue and multiple trips back to the...
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02/29/2008 13:19
Hmm, I’ve seemed to have lost the backlight timer setting on the forced upgrade when I had to restore my iPhone after I had these unwelcomed Bookmarks bar and menus in my bookmarks. The only way to remove them is to restore the phone to factory and start as new user (not restore previous). Of...
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02/28/2008 16:06
If it's Thursday I must be getting a car serviced. Well, atl least 4 out of the last 8 plus back-to-back Friday's of leaving work early to pick-up the car. The first 6 were mainly time and little money but today's was a doozy ($1600+). As usual, went in thinking $400-500 but we all know it...
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02/22/2008 21:06
So, they need the car overnight now. I get a ride to the local Hertz location. Shuttle guy drives fast. I get to the counter, license and credit card, please. DAMN! Forgot my wallet at home. Can you give me a ride home? “You live in Sunnyvale?” No, Redwood City. “That’s too far. We don’t go there.”...
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02/22/2008 18:14
oday I picked-up my car for I hope the last time with this issue (see previous post).
Here’s the timeline-
Nov 1, 2007, first diagnosed by independent service shop. Loose filler neck inside engine.
Nov 15, 2007, had Boardwalk VW look at above while headlamps being replaced because of...
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