Jill and I had a blast in Vegas — city of extremely hot nights, smut on the street and where carrying a bottle of beer while you walk the strip is ok. We stayed at the Monte Carlo (located on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip) and checked out the Vegas sights. Distances are deceiving on the strip since the buildings are so huge. Things appear closer than they actually are and we ended up walking—a lot.

What follows is a “journal” of our trip… Update: Images can be found in the Gallery. (Soon)

read the rest of the article…

Jill and I had a silly conversation on highway 24 today. We were trying to comprehend why “aggro” drivers change lanes without signalling and cross solid white lines to pass when it is clearly unsafe to do so. We made up a ridiculous story about how those drivers are “special” and are more important than the rest of us. We went on and on, dead-panning lines back and forth, and after we exhausted all the funny lines, Jill looked over at me and said:

I love fake conversations like that. They’re verbal shenanigans!

After a horrendous customer service fiasco ordering the Treo 270 from palmOne, I finally received the über-cool Treo 600. My evaluation of it so far?

It rocks.

I’ve been waiting for Apple to make a new PDA/mobile phone, but it appears as though they are focusing on iPod (as they should—it has proven to be extremely profitable for them!). I decided that when I got around to upgrading my cell phone, I’d get a PDA/mobile phone. (I refuse to use the term “smartphone” — it sounds so silly.)

Enter the Treo 600. I stopped using my Newton on a regular basis about two years ago when I finally gave up trying to get it to sync with OS X. I never really liked the Palm OS mainly because of Grafitti (I was spoiled with Newton handwriting recognition). Well, this is a non-factor with the Treo 600. It has a tiny keyboard and is suprisingly easy to use. Add OS X’s iSync support for iCal and Address Book and you’ve got yourself an awesome little cell phone.

I am still getting used to all the features, testing the Internet capabilities, etc. It is an awesome little gadget. I would defintely recommend this little device to anyone who has ever wished their PDA and cell phone were one and the same.