| | Haven't blogged in a few weeks, been kinda busy with summer session and full weekends. Dardy called me on it though, so I wanted to get an update in =)
Char and I got our iPhones finally! We both picked up 16gb white 3G's and dear lord, they are friggin' sweet. I already crammed it 2/3's full with all my music and 4 ripped movies from my dvd collection. "Handbrake" for the Mac is awesome at it, you just pop in the dvd, choose the ipod/iphone preset and let it go. It'll convert your dvd to mp4 format in the iPhone's native resolution (to preserve space) in about 30 mins. Then you just open it up in iTunes and sync it up to your ipod/iphone. Whalah! So I have "300", "Nightmare Before Christmas", "Gladiator", and "Empire Records" on the phone right now. I also downloaded Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" and put it on there as well.
And that's just the iPod side of the iPhone. =) The 3G internet is fast. Really fast. Typing is pretty easy, though I never really used a blackberry or anything with a physical QWERTY keyboard to compare it to and when I measure it against my rudimentary texting on my old phone, this is way faster. Having AIM wherever I go is crazy cool. Being able to check my email as soon as it arrives in my inbox. Crazy cool. The App store? Priceless! Cheryl recommended I download an application called Pandora (which is free) which basically tailors the music it streams to you by your input. You give each song it plays a thumbs up or down, and it learns as it receives your feedback. It also displays the artist/title, and if you click on it, gives you a link straight to the iTunes store if you want to purchase it. I also picked up a mount for my car and have it feed into my auxiliary in and when I'm running Pandora, it's like having satellite radio in my car. I absolutely love it. Char loves hers too but almost solely for its email/internet browsing capability. Interactive voicemail too is a definite plus.
We just arrived back from Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe today. We were there from Friday early afternoon to this morning. I haven't been to Tahoe very much during the non-winter months, but it is absolutely gorgeous out there. Greg throws this trip every year, for the past four years and this was our first year with them. It's tradition! =) We had 14 peeps who went, two campsites. Friday night we had steak/chicken fajitas and sat by the campfire enjoying the night air. Saturday we broke into three groups, one group went on a hike that Nelson planned and took the dogs, one group went fishing, and one group went mountain biking. I lead the group on mountain biking trail that I found in a book I picked up at Border's. It was REALLY hard. The author had rated another trail that I've been to twice (Saratoga Gap) as harder than the Tahoe trail (Kingsbury Grade to Bench Overlook) and since the Gap wasn't too difficult, I thought this would be a good match, especially with the difficulty of the high altitude thrown in. So not true. There were some really technical sections and granite boulders/rocks throughout. It wouldn't have been nearly as bad if there was a nice smooth fire road for the climb in, but we had to climb the same singletrack in as the one we took out, which included granite steps, ramps, and sheer drops off the edge which could be a little unnerving.
That night we had tri-tip and salmon, and buried some foil wrapped potatoes in the fire which I left in too long and burned. =) The dogs were crazy tired and so were the campers! We got up early and packed it up on Sunday and Char and I raced back to the Bay Area so I could make the open lab for my photography class because I wanted to work on a project due tomorrow 
Anyways, here's some pics of the fun.
 
 
 
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