First "Happy New Year" SMS received at 20:35 GMT, followed very quickly by the second.

Clearing old text messages out of my phone, including from the Seattle trip:
Dinner for 5 at 8 at 22 Doors on 15th

Phones should ring.

Over the weekend, my phone suddenly decided that it could no longer register on Vodafone's network. Thinking that this might be a continuation of the other hardware failures my phone has had, I figured I'd try the SIM in another phone. I tried two different phones, and both refused to even unlock the SIM, from which I concluded that the problem was ( Read more... )

After a recent night of revelry I woke up to discover that my phone was apparently dead. Poking the power button elicited a brief lighting-up, but neither plugging it into the charger nor hooking it to a USB port caused any further activity.( The Saga Continues... )

This appeared on my phone today:From: +2348052970429
To: waider's phone
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 13:45:45 (IST)

Sir i wanted to remind you of Joe the accountant he has been workin with us diligently for over a year without salary increase.i think he deserves it
The country code (+234) is Nigeria. I'm assuming the rest of the number is a premium-rate ( Read more... )

- laptop decided it didn't like the local power source (or something) and refused to either power up on mains or recharge itself. It's fine now, although I suspect the battery may be roached ( Read more... )

from the currently running story regarding the missing c|net editor: A cell phone tower received a signal from one of the family's cell phones at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Glendale, but officials say the signal is only an indicator the family could have been within 26 miles of Glendale at that time.
(Yes, yes, I know. Urban vs. rural cell ( Read more... )

You have one missed call: +8813xxxxxxxx

Dammit. Wonder who that was?

Well, dammit. I've left my phone at home. Hope you're not trying to get in touch with me, but if you are try email.