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Well I guess if you need to take the focus off your face but this really is too much!

Starburst...you're doing it wrong!

Rapid Repair, the site known for their detailed guides to taking apart your favorite gadgets with pictures, has released a full exploration into the guts of the iPhone 3G S.

theWPresser has a great article highlighting 10 really useful plugins for your WordPress blog that addresses some of the common quirks (read: headaches) with WordPress.

If you’re currently developing a blog or you’re on the lookout for useful functions to add to your shiny blog I recommend reading it.

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1. Multimedia messaging does not support sculpture, macrame, or interpretive dance.
2. Voice memo recordings totally don’t sound like me. I don’t sound like that, do I? Seriously?
3. Turned on adult content filter but everybody in my videos still has their clothes on.
4. Adding a task to calendar did not result in task getting done.
5. Clicked this blue “compass” icon but kept getting some stupid web browser.
6. Still no apps to cure the nagging feeling that I should’ve bought a Palm Pre.
7. The touchscreen is now on the back of the phone instead of the front.
8. Gone to the bathroom four times already today, and Remote Wipe hasn’t worked once.
9. Spotlight search crashed with memory overload error trying to index my Harry Potter cosplay photo collection.
10. Tried out tethering, but I think I broke my finger smacking that phone around the pole.
11. Apple still hasn’t fixed the no-hardware-keyboard bug.
12. “Cut” function does not apply to monthly AT&T bill.

All true…

WordPress 2.8 came out today so I had to install it of course. Upgrade was pain free and pretty quick. I’m running Thematic as my framework so I went ahead and upgraded that to version 0.9.5 as well. Ian‘s code is solid and with the exception of the search bar CSS on the main page here we’re looking good!

I was pretty disappointed with Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference ’09. Clarification, I was disappointed with the iPhone section. The rest was pretty nice.

No really, it's a new phone.

I missed the hint before the conference stating it would be software focused, which it ended up being. That’s OK, but Apple did not bring much to the iPhone party and with all the rumors floating around before the conference I think many were expecting great, new hardware.

Instead we got an identical looking phone with the ingenious name of iPhone 3G S. The S stands for Suck Speed. Even the name makes it clear; there’s not a lot of new here.

To add insult to injury AT&T has made sure current 3G owners will not be getting this device cheaply (Read: most won’t bother). If you want the new 16GB S model you’ll have to shell out $599 and if you want the 32GB S model be prepared to fork over a ludicrous $699 PLUS a $18 upgrade fee. WHAT?!

AT&T Reps are even recommending 3G customers cancel their current phone and sign up for a new one. It’s cheaper eating the early termination fee than paying what AT&T is asking. Completely ass backwards.

On top of that AT&T won’t be ready to support MMS when iPhone OS 3.0 comes out June 17th. Not until the end of summer will they have MMS available for their customers? Huh? How long did they know this was coming? They’re the ONLY carrier in the US!

Then there’s tethering. Now supported on the iPhone thanks to the 3.0 OS, AT&T won’t have anything to offer customers there either! It’s coming later and when it does they say it might cost about $70, and that does not include SMS. In your dreams AT&T, I’m not touching it

I’m getting by without a compass and video features for now. Yes the new phone is faster and has more memory (600Mhz, 256mb RAM) but overall it’s just a refresh of the 3G. If AT&T will reconsider subsidizing it at same rates as the 3G last year I’ll reconsider buying the 3G S.

Did you know 10 percent of Twitter’s users make up 90 percent of the tweets? [link]

What’s worse is that the media research firm Nielsen proclaimed 60 percent of Twitter users do not return from one month to the next. That’s just sad.

So far Twitter is great at getting people signed up but not so great at keeping people coming back. Logic dictates sooner or later the sign ups will crest and then start tapering off.

Slate has a post about orphaned Tweets that’s worth reading.

With all the body modifications out there we see a lot of people pushing the boundaries of what is socially acceptable. It’s not long ago it was considered inappropriate to show up for work with a tattoo showing.

Take a look at these freaks people. How hard would it be to get gainful employment in many sectors of today’s business world?

The suit seems out of place.

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So have you heard about Bing? Can you hear yourself saying “Hey, I’m gonna Bing that!” ?

Bing is Microsoft’s latest search engine, the be all of what’s cool. According to Microsoft and their promotional video Bing will give you much more sensible search results and bring you closer to the information you’re looking for.