Okay, so today I realized while getting apps for my iPhone, I almost don't use it as an actual cellphone. I use it more of a internet tablet, a notepad, an e-reader, a camera, a flashlight, a shield, a mirror, a planner, a mp3 player, a portable movie player, a recorder, a quick reference tool, etc.
However, I am very glad I am using it beyond a cellphone that I can grope. Though, I am a bit surprised that a new generation iPhone will be coming out this summer. Not that I'm pissed off I brought the iPhone a bit early, I'm more pissed off that they are going to call this new model a better model. The only plus side to it is true GPS (however this is possible on the current iPhone with some hacking) and G3 (but the EDGE network works fine). However, for just these (and supposely more memory, but really the iPhone isn't a flashdrive, and even then most flashdrives don't have 4 GB, yet alone 8 or 16 or 2^some number below 5) you get a plastic design (think the iPod Touch but the back is plastic too) and an extra $100+.
At this point, I need to step my foot down, saying "what the hell is going on?!". Oh well, enough ranting about the new, back to the good old and current.
As described in paragraph 1, the iPhone is a useful tool and I enjoy it a lot despite being a newly open-sourcer. The fact of the matter is, it's quite a useful tool.
So useful, I want a steampunk version of it! Don't you think an iPhone would be handy in a gunfight or something? Of course it will need to be outfitted and such to make it more worthy of a metal plate as a last resort and such.
Oh well, I'm rambling on about my iPhone now, but I have another topic to add.
I'd noticed that more and more, I try to put my dependency on less and less, i.e. instead of a bunch of crap, all in one in the iPhone. I think this is showing my distrust in general. I mean, if you think about it, if you be careful and only pick a few things or even people to be depend on, you are most likely to not be betrayed, of course you will also end up more fucked if you are.
I bring this up in relation to the ballad The Taw Corbies (The Two Crows).
Where basically a knight who dies in battle is abandoned by his "loyal" friends (symbolized as a hawk and hound) and his lover after hearing about his dead doesn't mourn nor care, she finds a new lover (In the Netherlands' version, his lover played a role of killing him). Thus, leaving his corpse to be eaten by two crows.
What I am trying to get at is that maybe we should be more distrustful of people than we are. That we cannot trust a multitude of people and things, but we need to find ones we can truly trust and depend upon when we need them.
Many will say I am being a cynic for say such things, I believe I am just giving fair warning to all.
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