Daily Archive: July 14, 2008

Changes to the site 0

Changes to the site

You might notice that there are some modifications to the site today. I have started a set of pages on controversies and added an e-mail subscription link, which appears to work quite well. On the downside, while I can get del.icio.us to give a posted update of all links, I can’t filter it by tags, which makes it a waste of time to use that facility on the research site.

iPhone Plans and the World to Come 0

iPhone Plans and the World to Come

Yes, I will be getting the iPhone when my current plan runs out, and I want one for Paula sooner: that is, as soon as she can get out of the clutches of Telstra. … Lack of a better camera (wait for an update), lack of video (wait for a third party app or an update), lack of true GPS (but wait and r ead this ), lack of the ability to use as a 3g modem (I can’t see myself being tempted given the costs of 3g, but wait for an update), inability to use Bluetooth much (I think security might have been part of that reason, and again, wait for an update). … For a 16GB iPhone on a two-year contract, Optus starts at $49 a month for $300 of calls and 250MB of data, plus $12 a month for the iPhone, for a total spend of $1464, which includes free access to its network of hotspots.