[Chugalug] Bye bye N900, thanks for all the fish..

[Mike Harrison]

I mised a couple of important calls this last Saturday morning as my N900 
finally melted down... Not sure what went... or why, but rebooting on a 
fresh battery did not help, I really think the radio just freaked out.

Out of frustration and perceived need as well as just time for a new 
phone. Bought a Samsung Note II outright.

Wow.. after a couple of days with it, I'm mostly impressed.
I comprimised and setup a personal gmail account (mike.geeklabs at gm....)
so some things worked like they intended (google Play, etc.. )
got it linked to my WebDav share's.. (WTF?!? No USB file system 
support for Linux?!?) and a few other things.

Some part of me realizes that my life is now a part of Google's version of 
the Truman Show... now everything is recorded, linked, tied, associated.. 
etc... and when a recently deceased friend's google account added me to 
his circles (some ghost in the machine?) I was reminded how automated and 
farsicle the entire social networking world really has become.

So it's really really kewl.. but somehow I just don't find myself trusting 
it the way I trusted my N900. Too many things happening behind the screen.
As I sniff my home WiFi.. it chatters and calls home a lot, but at least 
as not much as Nancy's iPhone.. and much more than my Mac and Linux 
laptops.

The number of the beast has arrived, mine is 423-605-6943 and I pay for 
the honor of having it.











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Mike Harrison   bogon at geeklabs.com  cell: 423.605.6943