I just got the new iPhone.

I had previously purchased the v1 iPhone when it came out, but I returned it after a week. Not due to its shitty keyboard, but due to:

1) the lack of asynchronous email. (Fixed in v2.)

2) the lack of Exchange integration. (Fixed in v2.)

3) the lack of "autotext" macros. I have hundreds of these on my Blackberry.

4) to "delete" an email took more than 10 milliseconds. I get several hundred emails a day; the Blackberry simply requires "click delete key" to have a message _instantly_ disappear and then show the next message. The stupid animation on the iPhone was incredibly annoying.

But the reasons I'm now trying the new iPhone are:

1) it has a browser which works. (Damn you Blackberry for going this long without a real browser.)

2) it has a nice third party developer platform, and a simple way to find and buy new applications. (The first app I downloaded was iBeer.)

3) it is 3G

4) my Blackberry broke yesterday :)

Also, I think the new iPhone might save my life. Given that it's email will still suck compared to the Blackberry, I probably won't Drive While Texting anymore.

Now I have to go find a yoga class to teach me how to slow down my life so I don't need to email from my phone anymore. (I currently plan not to email from my iPhone that much, given how crappy the keyboard is vs the Blackberry.) Or, maybe all the iPhone applications will be enough to amuse me when I have some minutes to spare and would otherwise be doing email.

We'll see. Stay tuna.¶2:38 PM

How is it possible that gmail does not accurately diagnose whether emails claiming to be from paypal are authentic or not?

I just got a legitimate email from Paypal and it was put into my gmail spam folder.

Any email claiming to be from paypal but which is not really from paypal (easily identifiable by google based on a registered email server mechanism) should be deleted, not even put into my spam folder.

If gmail can't authenticate emails from paypal, god help them in trying to determine if other emails are legit or not.

There is so much spam these days that the number of false positives is increasing, and the spam folders are getting so large that it is not possible for me to review my spam folder anymore. Unfortunately, this means that we can no longer rely on legitimate email as being sent. So if I do not reply to your email to me, try calling me on the phone. :)¶10:16 AM

codesnap is a new website to allow code buyers to quickly find coders to build small projects. A posting costs you just $5, and then completion of typical project will be $100 or so. Your posting will be seen by hundreds of coders, who will then complete your job usually within a few days. Buyers, this is also a good recruiting tool -- to meet coders and to quickly evaluate them via your small project.¶7:16 AM

When will there be a service to have someone post tons of fake reviews and high ratings of your item on amazon?

I'm looking to buy a futon. Of course I looked on amazon, even though that sounds like a weird place to buy furniture. But amazon seems to sell *everything* these days.

I was surprised that amazon had 512 futon mattress search results.

I was even more surprised that one of these 512 futon mattresses had 24 reviews.

Most of the reviews seemed to be bland, as if one person in India had to type them all in.

What do you think?¶7:00 AM

McCain and Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran¶7:29 AM

I've posted Nicole's photos from the Zambia trip that we did together last week, when I went to present at a CIDRZ electronic medical records meeting. We visited some CIDRZ projects in Lusaka, and then went to Victoria Falls (unreal) and also to a safari from Mfuwe Lodge in Luanga National Park. This was one of the best trips I have ever taken...¶4:24 AM

Kayak describes its use of QuickBase for customer service.¶5:27 PM