And here is a shot of the new preview tab for OS2008 …

Update - Here is an updated screenshot with proper icons and the themes background image.

Today I logged in and checked my bank account balance. It was lower than it should have been. I quickly recognized the culprit. It was a charge from Blockbuster for $10 more than normal. I immediately went to thier website to check my billing invoice and figure out why it was there. No invoices to be found. Just the date, credit card it was placed on, and the ammount. I then checked my subscription plan and noticed it magically went up to $34.99 per month. I had gotten no email, no snail mail, no notifications what so ever that this was happening. I can get 4 at a time from Netflix for that price, and with Blockbusters deteriorating turn-around time it would be just as many movies! Blockbuster is fucking up big time, and they just lost yet another customer.

*edit* it works pretty damn well =) I’m only hoping for templates and article editing capabilities!

Here are some of the things that support my argument.

You can not use a current Cingular phone plan, even if you have a data plan. You HAVE to get an ‘iPhone Plan.’ Unless you qualify for a new 2 year contract, you can not change to this plan and get an iPhone.

You can’t use an iPhone(to it’s full potential at least) if you are a corporate customer.

You can’t keep your old phone number. iTunes activation assigns you a new one.

You can’t use another AT&T SIM Card. Only the one that comes with the iPhone.

And I won’t even get into all the technological downfalls of the iPhone on the Cingular Network. If Apple/Cingular didn’t make it such a pain in the ass for me to get one, I would probably have one right now. I have always wanted a device that put the internet at my finger tips every where I go. But for now, Apple, you can keep your damned iPhone.

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If anyone knows of any other alternatives that I did not find, leave a comment and let me know. Like I said, I like to try it all before I settle on a decision.

That being said I was very skeptical of the new movie. I have not seen one episode of the new cartoon, and have no desire to do so. None the less, I was very bored this afternoon and so I ventured to the theatre to see what was playing. There was nothing I wanted to see, so I decided to go see TMNT out of boredom.

I wouldn’t say I loved the movie, my main complaint is that it was about 70-80 minutes long. I did enjoy it though, and will probably ‘obtain’ a copy once it comes out on DVD. It has a lot of the emotion and darkness of the first movie. Not as much obviously, as it is animated, but it still hit the spot. It had much better fight scenes/action sequences as there are certain things you just can’t do while in an animatronic suit.

The story line was a little more bland than the first two, but on par with the third. I won’t give any spoilers, but it wasn’t anything like what you would have seen in the original cartoon/movies. I did like the fact that they continued with the same story line. There were obscure references to the original movies and villains. They even left the movie open for a sequel involving enemies of the past.

Overall I liked the movie, it was not as bad as the third TMNT movie. I don’t know if it was worth the price of a movie ticket, maybe a daytime showing. But in retrospect I should have waited for the DVD, but I am satisfied with it.

The image kind of sucks, but the place is amazing. I will take real pictures of the place once I move in(April 30th!!!).

Also my friend Jospo is now writing a blog hosted right here by me, it is http://jospo.com … you should check it out, he is way more artsy and creative than me, and actually has things to say sometimes.

I got a new phone! That’s right, it’s a Helio Drift. I absolutely love it. It has aGPS, google maps, bluetooth, very customizable. The volume is a little low, the IM client sucks, and it’s PIM features and bluetooth are rather crippled. Overall as far as phone offerings go I like this one the best. I am still going to get the new Ocean as soon as it comes out! Hopefully those 3 cons will be fixed with the Ocean, I would also love to see better Mac compatibility, but I’m not holding my breath.

I signed up with ViRB and really like it as a social networking app. Still needs to mature a little bit, but thus far it doesn’t have all the downfalls that other social networking apps have. It does currently have the small user base as it’s new, but I think that will change, and hopefully it will draw a mature web savvy audience. Add me if you got an account, or if you need an invite let me know.

I am going to try and install Mac OSX86 on my new Dell, if anyone has any experience or advice with this, I would appreciate it =) Vista is a pain in my arse!