James Bond, we have arrived

Many people (me included) use our mobile phones to tell time. A watch has become more of an accessory rather than a tool.

LG has come out with the geekiest of gadgets: a wrist watch that doubles as a mobile phone. Kids of my generation and earlier have probably dreamed about this type of gadget at least once in their childhood. Even as grown-ups, the wrist watch phone still sounds awesome. Science fiction is finally becoming reality.

As for the phone itself, reviews state that it works well as a phone, and comes with a pretty good microphone and speaker. You can use a bluetooth headset in case you don't want to look like a pretentious douche talking to your wrist, and the phone even has 3G connectivity. Curiously, the phone also has a media player.

The major downside is that this phone has a very short battery life. 60 minutes of talk time is the standard test result. With bluetooth it's even less than that. The size of the phone is small for a phone, but it is pretty big for a watch. This is going to look awkward on people with wrists smaller than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I'm afraid I have to ask why a media player is necessary. Also, why not make a 2G model to save power? That way a camera would no longer be necessary, and it could make more room for a bigger battery or even kinetic charging.

Anyhoo, nice work. Now have fun pretending to be a secret agent.

In Belichick I Trust

It has been a long while since I posted. There are multiple personal reasons for that which I will not mention here. There's a lot going on the world, but I'm going to get back on the horse with something a little on the lighthearted side (though some may take this subject a little too seriously).

Over one week has past, and the sports media looks like it has finally stopped talking about Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fourth and two. The game last week against the Colts was perhaps the biggest game of the season for the Patriots. The chance to secure home advantage in the playoffs, the chance to dethrone the mighty Colts, robbing them of a potential perfect season. Sadly (perhaps luckily), I could not watch the game live. I only read about the decision after the game had ended.

So it's fourth and two with the clock running down. WWBBD (What Would Bill Belichick Do)? Bill Belichick went for it. All I have to say is that this guy won us three Superbowls in four seasons, and he nearly won a fourth in five. In my book, Bill has a free pass to do whatever the F he wants on the football field for the rest of his coaching career. As for the decision itself, I wouldn't even consider it bad. Belichick knows the Pats better than any fan or journalist out there. He has the most experience and knowledge at his disposal. He is the only person on this earth who has the right and who has earned the right to make that decision. As far as I'm concerned, Belichick made the correct decision regardless of the result.

And that's that (that's that).