Tag Archives: phone

Android Phone

I finally decided I’d had my clunky old windows phone (with no data service) long enough. I decided to ditch AT&T and move to Virgin Mobile. I don’t like the way AT&T structures their data plans, and they are generally … Continue reading

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Something Is Not Right Here

I was picking up the house (as part of my good husband duties) and went to put the cordless phone in the charger. It already had a phone in it, but it didn’t look right. It was a purple cell … Continue reading

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Google Voice

My account for Google Voice was activated last night, so I played around with it a bit. I’m very impressed! The brainiacs at Google have created something great. This (free) service will give you a “permanent” phone number that you … Continue reading

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Strict “No Text Messaging” Policy

I couldn’t agree more! “They screw you with the text messages” -in my best Joe Pesci voice. Email is superior to texting, and texting is just another way the a-holes at the phone company stick it to you. I suggest … Continue reading

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Cooked ROMS and Bootloaders

Something I’ve been wanting to do for over a year was to hack my AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser/TyTN II) phone to get rid of all the restrictions that AT&T placed on it, and today seemed like a good day to … Continue reading

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Bryson Talks on the ShovelPhone

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Entry for January 08, 2008 – Death of my favorite phone

After I plugged in a cheap headset to my phone, the microphone stopped working… When I plugged the original headset in, it worked… so I figured the headset jack was messed up and I might be able to fix it. … Continue reading

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Entry for February 25, 2007 – The Phone Guy

I am at work (new employer, who just moved into a new office with a new phone system) and overhear conversations about problems with the new phone system. I ask a few questions and learn that the new system is … Continue reading

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