Cell Phone Victory!

So the CA court ruled that it's illegal for cell phone carriers to have early cancellation fees, or contracts. Sprint was ordered to pay back customers who had paid these fees and to even pay customers who canceled early and didn't pay the termination fee (like myself.) This ruling might get overturned, but for now its not.

I wonder when CA will start enforcing this? With this ruling it would make canceling my T-mobile contract simple, and it should make my collection from AT&T disappear. So either I can switch to AT&T and get an iPhone, or AT&T won't be able to legally lock the iPhone and I can just take one over to T-mobile...

I hope the wheels on this get rolling soon!

Read about it at:

San Francisco Chronicle
Tech Trader Daily
G4

Pool Party

I had an awesome day at a pool party, hosted by the wonderful Scott. His friends were away for the weekend and gave him their awesome house in Atherton to use. So of course he throws a party! This house is amazing. Three levels with lots of statues and art. They even have a tyrannosaurus skull in their living room. Yes, TYRANNOSAURUS! It was a great day, check out my pictures:

BJ's are BAD!!!

I have a Black Jack widget on my Google Desktop that I was playing with today. I wasn't winning a lot of hands. I know some of the basic rules for BJ, like if the dealer shows a low card chances are he'll bust trying to get to 17 or above. Despite my best efforts, I can't seem to really come out ahead. Personally, I think I have bad luck. I mean, how can I get three aces in a row!? CRAZY! Maybe I should be playing a poker widget instead...

Tea Gardens

I had a great time today out and about in the parks of San Francisco. First I went to the Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate Park. I always enjoy going there. The whole place is so serene, although all the tourists that were there today kind of took away from that. I also love the koi fish, as you can see by my many pictures of them. From the Tea Gardens I went to Sutro Heights. I don't know what it is about Sutro Heights, but it's climate is magical. It's always nice there. There could be fog surrounding it but the park itself will be clear and a nice 75 degrees. I saw some sort of a heron there walk around which was neat. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera so I didn't get any pictures. As always there were lots of dogs, which I just adore! From there I went to Ocean Beach where it's always nice. I soaked up some sun (my face got a little pink) and enjoyed walking through the sand. It was a perfect day in San Francisco and I'm glad I had the chance to get out and enjoy it!

Mac & Cheese with Clarice

Yesterday Tim and I went over to Scott's for dinner. He made a yummy mac and cheese with bacon from scratch. Props to Scott for being pretty handy in the kitchen! While at Scott's I got to hang out with my pal Clarice! Clarice is part dachshund and chihuahua. Remind you of anyone else? Clarice spent a lot of time in my lap and so did Fatty the tabby. It was a nice afternoon of cute pets and good company.