A Long Time Coming

Today was awesome. High school revisited through music. I haven't played music on my porch in 5 years and I haven't played with my good friend Dan in just as long. Getting to do that and mixing it with my more current band was great. We played music from noon until 6. It was one of the hottest practices I have ever had and we were all sufficiently exhausted but it was well worth it. I am very excited for this show.

In other news, my new iPhone shipped. Chris has one and this was my first actual time using one - when I got to play with his for a bit. It is so nice. I got the notice that mine shipped on Thursday. That is about 4 business days a head of schedule from the initial estimate. As of the last time I checked it had reached the sort faciltiy in Philadelphia. The phone took off from Hong Kong, made its way to Anchorage, Alaska. From there it went to Memphis, Tennessee and then to Philly. It's nice to know that my new phone will be very well cultured once it get's to me.

I also got my bluetooth speakerphone today. My sister had found this idea online. I had suggested to her with the amount of travel I do in Philly and in New Jersey that getting a bluetooth would be beneficial. She went a step further and found these beeper-looking devices that act as a very efficient speakerphone option. No more wearing that ear piece - just clip the device about your head and talk normally. I tried it today and it is really great. That combined with my new phone which has voice control for dialing numbers will allow be to be truly hands-free in the car. This is a large improvement over my current system when driving in a no cell phone region - windows up, air off, phone on speaker, resting it on my shoulder and eventually just holding it discretely (if that is possible). Now I will have a brand new phone and sweet way to make calls without ever needing to touch my phone.