iPhone is great, but…

I have an iPhone. I have had one since the first hour it went on sale. My wife stood inline on the day of the launch a week before our wedding. Yeah, I’m a lucky guy. :)

In my eyes there is nothing out there that comes close.

BUT.

That’s a big BUT.

There are some things that annoy the ever living snot out of me. As you can tell from this site, Kelly just gave birth. At one of the major events in my life, I’m holding in one hand my newborn son, in the other, the most technologically advanced phone on the planet.

And I can’t even SEND A PICTURE of him to all my family and friends!

With the imminent launch of iPhone 2.0, my blood boils at the thought of one more year without MMS.

(And for any of you freaks that say, “but you can email!” Go get your head checked. There is a time for email and there is a time for MMS.)

IntelliJ IDEA on OS X

Driving me nuts.

If you are a developer on OS X and you are customer of JetBrains using IDEA the Java IDE, it is a cloudy year for you!

There are two critical bugs that haven’t been fixed in over 6 months since being reported to JetBrains. IDEA enabled my fulltime switch to OS X and now it is unusable after 4 – 5 open files or half a work day. Whichever comes first.

Check it out:

Hidden editor tabs:
http://www.jetbrains.net/jira/browse/IDEA-16084

CPU spike after every compilation:
http://www.jetbrains.net/jira/browse/IDEADEV-25376

Unfortunately, there is no viable workaround.

Come on JetBrains! Fix it!

Tequila

If you have ever had a drink with me, (and especially since David was born, that is a lot of you…) then you probably have heard me talk about Tequila. Well, now you can get crib notes and skip listening to my lecture. Check out this website:

http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/19/what-is-good-tequila/

A great read on the different types of Tequila. It even helps to explain why half of the US hates tequila… because they drank Jose Cuervo. The author goes too easy in describing Cuervo, however. There is no greater sin to happy hour than what Mr. has Cuervo committed. No other brand of cheap alcohol gives you such a terrible hangover. You can drink a 5 dollar 750 ml bottle of Vodka and feel better than you will with that carmel colored demon piss.

I tend to prefer Anejo (Aged) as opposed to Reposado (Rested) or Blanco tequila. My all time favorite tequila so far is El Tesoro’s Paradiso. Unfortunately, it is quite pricey, but it’s well worth it.