Live, from New York
The TGIF webcam in Times Square.I tagged along with Ashley this past weekend when she went to an objectivist conference in New York. During the actual conference (at a hotel just off Times Square), I made myself scarce and wandered around taking it all in. I can be one helluva tourist when I set my mind to it. There was a street fair going on, and on my way down Broadway I was captured on the TGI Fridays webcam.
The picture above is the only one where I’m not typing feverishly on my phone, though, and that bugs me. I switched to Voicestream (now T-Mobile) a few weeks ago because I wanted to be first on my block to get the Danger HipTop, and now they’ve announced it will be available soon (to be marketed as the Sidekick). Even with the phone I’ve got now I am almost always available in one way or another—AIM is always loaded on my laptop at work as well as at home, and now with AIM on my mobile phone, I’m able to carry on short, thumb-typed conversations from virtually anywhere. In the past few weeks I’ve sent txt msgs from places up and down the coast including Epcot, the Shark Lounge in Daytona Beach, Myrtle Beach’s Barefoot Landing, Torpedo Landing Art Center in Alexandria, and now Times Square. I’m online entirely too much as it is—I don’t think I can handle taking it to another level. The Sidekick might have to wait.
August 14th, 2002 at 3:47 pm
So when they start offering AIM as a brain implant you are gonna draw the line there…right?
August 14th, 2002 at 4:49 pm
Absolutely! I think… honestly, I’d have to see the rate plans first.
Hey, at least I don’t have my blog comments sent directly to my phone. That would be really pathetic. (I’d never though of that before, actually… I might have to look into it).
August 14th, 2002 at 4:52 pm
ooooh, AIM brain implant. I like it! Hey Mike, you didn’t break the liberty bell, did you? Philadelphia is still there I hope.
August 14th, 2002 at 10:30 pm
YOU STOLE MY WALLET! Thats you running with MY wallet!!!!
August 15th, 2002 at 12:33 am
Beep! Beep!
personal communication has changed since just a few years ago, and not all for the better. just before our vacation
August 15th, 2002 at 12:33 am
at least in NYC your txting frenzy occurred mostly in your private time, whereas on vacation you inflicted it on us both. a few times in NY i did notice you walking a few paces behind, hoping i wouldn’t notice your thumb marathon, but it was a good effort and i forgive you.
August 15th, 2002 at 3:14 am
Note to self: be on AIM more often so that Mike can send you text pages. More fun the “Where in the World is Matt Lauder!”
August 15th, 2002 at 10:11 am
You are a text machine. I am hoping that there is a good reason behind me never getting a message. What? Am I not good enough for you now just because I live in Oklahoma? You afraid I might text a ya’ll in there?
August 15th, 2002 at 12:10 pm
resplendent in beige. dude, you are fair stepping it out eh. I am beginning to think you did pilfer 8088y80y’s wallet. Spent all your money on titty shows?? What nudie bars are you and I gonna hit when I splash down in Philly bro? Show me a list!
August 15th, 2002 at 2:15 pm
good thing they had teh toilet cam turned off that day
August 18th, 2002 at 10:10 pm
what’s with the internal server 500 errors?
August 22nd, 2002 at 2:31 pm
The 500 errors are making me nuts. I apologize. It might be time for me to change webhosts.