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Deep breaths, Chris, deep breaths…

So my Sony-Ericsson T68i is dying. Its less than a year old. Over the last 3 weeks my reception has gone from bad to horrible.

I get a postcard from Sony. They’re sending me a “free upgrade” to a Sony-Ericsson T226. “AT&T has upgraded their GSM network to the new 850mhz frequency so you can get better coverage”.

Great! I say. I needed to replace my phone anyway. I check out the specs. Shit. No Bluetooth. I’ve got several hundred dollars worth of Bluetooth gear now. This isn’t going to work.

So this morning I call up the number on the card. “We’re sorry,” Sony says, “we’re just offering the upgrade to the T226, you’ll have to take that up with AT&T Wireless.”

So I call AT&T. On my first call, I get disconnected shortly after the representative gives me the purchase price on a new T226. Apparently he couldn’t understand me. Goes to show you how much the old GSM network sucks. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, I’ve decided its about time I start my own business. I’ve done some small jobs, done plenty of development for other people, and hacked around for countless hours on my own pages. As such, I’ve officially opened the doors of poppinfresh industries. I’ve been using the company name “poppinfresh industries” on web forms since I was 12 years old, so I decided I’d stick with it. I like it, its catchy.

So if you need some web design, administration, or custom software development, give me a shot. I’m cheap.

Now all I need is customers.

Today is Grey Tuesday:

DJ Danger Mouse created a remix of Jay-Z’s the Black Album and the Beatles White Album, and called it the Grey Album. Jay-Z’s record label, Roc-A-Fella, released an a capella version of his Black Album specifically to encourage remixes like this one. But despite praise from music fans and major media outlets like Rolling Stone (”an ingenious hip-hop record that sounds oddly ahead of its time”) and the Boston Globe (which called it the “most creatively captivating” album of the year), EMI has sent cease and desist letters demanding that stores destroy their copies of the album and websites remove them from their site. EMI claims copyright control of the Beatles 1968 White Album.

I’ve downloaded the album, and it rocks!. If I get a few comments requesting it, I’ll mirror the album on my site.