iPhones by Wednesday …

We’re getting our iPhones tomorrow, once we work out how to have the company pay for them all (and assuming there are still 4 available in NoVA, and we can figure out a way to get 4 of them). So it’s Xmas in July, really. Like a kid I’m counting the minutes.

Tog posted a bit about the iPhone:

It really is wonderful that, in an industry rife with companies striving for mediocrity, one company is still doing things right.

But he’s committing one of the classic blunders; no, not starting a land war in Asia. He is confusing mediocrity with worse-is-better, although in practice they’re the same thing. The Zune pretty much is a non-starter vs iPod, but that gives it better survival characteristics, as it’s built on the computer virus that is Windows. As I shopped around for a new phone for my wife, I marvelled at the insipid, awful design, only to remember, “no one gives a shit”, because phones are built on the virus of fickle, non-technical consumers.

Also, I think I really need to start working on dealing with my depression. I really can’t continue to focus effectively on the physical if the mental isn’t 100%, too. I’m pretty sure my continual ennui at work is not some vague metaphysical dissatisfaction, but a pronounced downspike. Rough seas ahead; but if I can remake my body, I guess I can do the same to my brain. Right?