Black Rose Technology

Here we are at LAX trying to figure out what this ad is saying… “Spill resistant to 60 cc” ? But “not yet waterproof” ? The video shows a diver taking the laptop underwater in a swimming pool. But don’t try this at home. One of the captions also reads “60 cc’s of water” — what illiterate marketing creative came up with this drivel?

Cambridge buildings gone …

Phajus and nepenthes

We should go to the glass flowers at harvard in november

Good shake just now. Yow…

It was a 3.2 according to the USGS, and very close.

• Voice mail isn’t under Messaging. It’s under Tools: “Call Mailbox”
• Whatever menu position you leave the phone in, when the keypad locks, that’s where it stays. So, for instance, if you’re not on the main base screen, and you get a call or message you don’t know who it’s from (or what it is if you can’t remember your ringtone settings). Also, the auto locking keyboard (which requires two keystrokes) takes some getting used to after using a flip phone for so long.
• On the plus side, you can have multiple email accounts configured and switch between them fairly easily, although it’s always hit and miss if you’re in the right place to access the magical Settings option.