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Sunset at dinner

At an upscale place called Cobalt

Momma on the deck relaxing before dinner

View from the beach house

Salt water, Sun tan, and Frank Sinatra

Today was the first day of the "family reunion".  So far it's been great.  I woke up at about 8 to a home cook breakfast.  A bacon and egg sandwich.  Then we departed the condo for the beach house where we met everyone and played in the ocean.  It was great seeing Heather, Matthew, Aunt Martha Ellen and everyone else.

We played in the ocean for a bit where I made sure to wear plenty of sunscreen.  We ate a little lunch, nothing like southern ham sandwiches and then played in the water again.  We laughed and joked and just floated in the water.  It's amazing how much fun you can have just floating along in the ocean with good company.  Kind of like The Little Mermaid except in reverse.  After we were all pruned it was time to get out and head home to get ready for Hollywood night.  We are all dressing up as famous people.  We are even having the Oscars, or the "bama" version at least.  Now I must retreat and put on my Frank costume.  I will report on the evening's activities a little later.

Tethered

As I sit on the floor of gate B22 at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, writing this tethered to my iPhone 3GS, I reminisce about two years ago.  Why two years ago?  Well two years ago is when cell phones as we know it changed.  Two years ago, the iPhone was released.  Back then we didn't have touch screens, apps stores, and fully functioning internet devices.  The iPhone changed all that.  It changed what a cell phone is to a person.  It has become an entertainment device unlike any other.  I dare you to be bored with an iPhone in hand.  There has been many other similar devices released but nothing nearly as "smart" as Apple's iPhone.

I remember sitting in a similar position two years ago for an entirely different reason.  I wasn't waiting for a flight to a family reunion.  I was waiting for the first of these devices.  The first iPhone.  I was so excited and my excitement was justified.  It was the greatest tech gadget I had ever laid my hands on.  Despite it's many deficiencies, I was perfectly content.  Their were wish's I had for the device, most of which has been addressed.  I listened to one of Eplesauce's podcast which focused on the original iPhone a couple month's ago and everything we talked about that we thought would make the device better has been fixed.

So now I write this connected to my new 3GS.  The newest revision of the famed iPhone.  I know that this will be a consistent cycle one that will probably never change as long as Apple keeps making iPhones.  The changes aren't all that big but they are enough to make me want to upgrade.  So for now I write with and about the iPhone 3GS.  Maybe next year, early summer, you will be reading a post about the iPhone 4G, with video iChat, and the ability to solve world hunger, and the energy crisis.

One year ago...

So as I'm still undecided on whether or not I'm going to pick up the new iPhone 3gS, I am excited about all of the hoopla.  So as a way of celebrating the launch, I thought I would post a video of the original 3g launch which I was fortunate enough to be apart of.  So enjoy.  Oh and PS, if you look closely at the beginning of the video, you will see me standing at the counter when the two gentlemen are being interviewed.

Always in the shadow of the giant.

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