June 29, 2009

parade moment

I've always disliked parades, and the pride parade is really no exception. Whether it's marching bands or drag queens, I've just never really understood the point of endlessly watching them all go by. Today, though, I had my first exciting parade moment ever.

The fire truck in the parade stopped abruptly and both of the firemen fell down, still on top of the truck but in a heap. One got up, shook his head, and then reached down to help the other up. The one still down seemed a bit dazed, though, and took a few moments to clear his head before accepting assistance getting up. His "rescuer" then pulled him in for a deep kiss and something in my brain exploded.

Firemen kissing... just imagine!

I might still be bored at my next parade, but I'll for sure be watching out for a fire truck...

Posted by Ken Allen at 12:38 AM | Comments (4)

June 26, 2009

iPhone 3.0 Battery

My battery was lasting no longer than 10 hours on Standby after upgrading to v3.0. This is how I fixed it:

Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data

Changed Push to Off

Changed Fetch to Manually

Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Advanced

Changed all to Manual

Like magic. When I was on the phone with the Applehead, he asked me if it was possible that my battery was simply degrading, but the difference with Push on vs off was 10h vs 36h on standby. Insane. You have to *really* want push to put up with that.

Posted by Ken Allen at 7:58 AM | Comments (2)