overpriced, crippled phone? check.
overpriced data cable? check.
pirated/cracked software? check.
willingness to void warranty? check.
it’s too bad none of that stuff is of any use.
so i found a copy of diego. downloading the torrent on the available windows machine took several hours-for some reason its connection is super slow. i get up this morning to abuse my phone, follow the instructions to the letter, and no luck. even after uninstalling the software and anything that came with it, deleting anything and everything nokia-related from the registry, and trying different combinations of installing diego and the included cracks i’ve still got nothing.
i hate you telus and nokia. may both your mothers die a thousand painful deaths.
so this past week i went to the library. with all the books there, it was hard to find exactly what i wanted- a book about javascript that explicitly breaks down some of the fineries of cookies. i already have a couple books on javascript, and some of them were even useful. the book i decided to check out, The Book of Javascript by David Thau, turned out to be a pretty good find. in most books, the examples seem to be somewhat limited. the examples in this book were the most concise, clear, and useful out of the guides i’ve consulted. (also, split() looks pretty useful.) but that’s not the point.
the point is that i realized how much javascript and c++ are alike. (it’s too bad i don’t know java, but that’s a post for another day.) if i had known this before, i wouldn’t have waited so long to learn either, and wouldn’t have wasted as much time looking for good javascript books. wait, that’s not the point either. the real point is this:
i got a cable in the mail today. it’s supposed to be a nokia ca-53. good thing it came today because the auction ended about ten days ago and i was starting to get nervous- the last thing i feel like dealing with now is a repeat of the great “no-show airport card” incident of fall ‘05.
now all i need is to find some software (anyone with a link to diego 3.08 feel free to email me) and i’m set- customized mp3 ringtones and no more telus logos or that annoying camera shutter sound.
