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Daylight is... smoldering!
Jan. 23rd, 2009 08:07 amClouds started rolling in last night as the sun went down, so I wasn't going to be too surprised to see some snow on the ground when I got up this morning, but when it finally got light enough to see (I managed to wake up at 4 am on my own), there was no snow, although the clouds were still there.
This week's LJ Idol has been given over to a group of "Gatekeepers," meaning that the decision as to who goes and who stays is out of the hands of LJers in general, of the LJ Idol community, and even LJ Idol contestants. What's more, there will apparently be 14 people "sent home," leaving 40 people in the competition. I hope I'm one of the lucky ones to stay in; it should be interesting to see how it turns out, in any event.
I called Verizon and had them activate "unlimited international email/Internet access," which is a pretty good deal, financially, if you don't mind using the BlackBerry as your access device (tethering is apparently not available outside the US). Of course, the only problem with using the BlackBerry as an Internet access device is having to use the itty-bitty screen keyboard, but we'll see.
For a sawbuck, I also had them activate a "global value plan" that will drop the per-minute price of calling on my BlackBerry from $4.99 to $3.99 in Moscow. (Yeow!). Just in case.
Now to get down to actually packing!
Cheers...
This week's LJ Idol has been given over to a group of "Gatekeepers," meaning that the decision as to who goes and who stays is out of the hands of LJers in general, of the LJ Idol community, and even LJ Idol contestants. What's more, there will apparently be 14 people "sent home," leaving 40 people in the competition. I hope I'm one of the lucky ones to stay in; it should be interesting to see how it turns out, in any event.
I called Verizon and had them activate "unlimited international email/Internet access," which is a pretty good deal, financially, if you don't mind using the BlackBerry as your access device (tethering is apparently not available outside the US). Of course, the only problem with using the BlackBerry as an Internet access device is having to use the itty-bitty screen keyboard, but we'll see.
For a sawbuck, I also had them activate a "global value plan" that will drop the per-minute price of calling on my BlackBerry from $4.99 to $3.99 in Moscow. (Yeow!). Just in case.
Now to get down to actually packing!
Cheers...
