2008-02-08

 

Maybe I am to blame for *some* of my iPhone problems. Well, one of them. The home button dying, well I'm blameless for that one. There's just some shitty soldering or something causing that. I do have to take some blame for the Aunt Pat problem. Stephen took my iPhone to the Apple Store today while I was working -- sweetness, yes I know -- because of the once again dead home button. He also told them about the problem with the headphones not always disengaging correctly. Turns out the switch that detects whether or not your headphones are plugged in is a simple but mechanical (not electronic) switch. Sometimes a hair or some dirt can make it malfunction, so if you're having this problem just blow some canned air in there to clean it out. Unless you're me. If you're me, you have not a hair or some dirt but a giant and compact hot pink ball of fluff shoved down in the speaker jack... from my covet-worthy iPhone cozy. Guess I'll keep an eye on that with the new one they gave Stephen. That was nice, by the way. Both times I've had problems with the phone they've just replaced it immediately, not put me through the bullshit rental program. I appreciate that.

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posted by bethanye 2:16:00 PM   

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Did you get to keep the fuzzball? I'm weird and want to see it :)

# posted by  karrie : 2/08/2008 8:08 PM

 

nah... That phone had other problems, so there was no fuzzball extraction. Sorry to disappoint.

# posted by  bethanye : 2/09/2008 10:37 PM

 

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2008-02-05

 

First vote! This morning, I was the first voter in our precinct. Because of this, the "dude in charge" had to give me a specific tour of the voting boxes and the special touch-screen for disabled voters. The point was to show me - the first voter - that there were no other votes in the ballot boxes or registered with the touch-screen voting booth. I had no idea they did that.

This morning, I thought about the suffrage movement a lot. I thought about how they fought so hard for me to have the vote, all this time later. I thought about how some things are worth fighting for, no matter the cost.

This is the first election in a very VERY long time where I've felt like my vote actually makes a difference. It's both inspirational and a great sense of responsibility, kind of intermingled.

On a completely unrelated note, Lent starts tomorrow. I think I'm giving up gummi bears. Battery Lindens, beware!

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posted by bethanye 9:49:00 AM   

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