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BlackBerry Pearl

Sun, 06/08/2008 - 2:34pm

Jean-Paul was right. I bought a new phone, and it's a indeed smartphone, the BlackBerry Pearl.

I looked at perhaps switching over to AT&T, but their plans were more expensive than Verizon, and Verizon gave me a sizable credit towards a new handset -- after the mail-in rebate the phone is free.

I thought data plans were around $70, but prices have come down quite a bit and I bought a $30 data plan that provides virtually unlimited data usage (5 GB monthly). The phone has full internet access, and I've connected my hotmail account to it. I installed Google maps as well, which is really quite useful on a handset.

Historic race

Sat, 06/07/2008 - 11:38pm

Hillary Clinton. Today Hillary Clinton gave the closing speech of her primary campaign.

An impressive speech, that makes you realize what an historic race this has been and will be in the next 5 months.

Barack Obama will be in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday on the State Fair grounds.

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Summer weekend

Sat, 06/07/2008 - 12:50pm

Lily. It's hot outside! Today's temperature will reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, around 37 degrees Celsius.

A good weekend for some pool time, but it's hard to find a good time to run. Yesterday I was on my way to work around 7.00 am, and it was already getting pretty warm.

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Barack Obama nominated

Tue, 06/03/2008 - 10:43pm

Mr. Obama. Tonight Barack Obama officially secured the nomination for the Democratic Party, in a remarkable evening.

Five long months of primaries are now over, and it's on to the official elections.

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Hickory Charity Chase Half Marathon 2008

Sat, 05/31/2008 - 4:09pm

Hickory Jaycee Charity Chase 2008 We just came back from Hickory where I ran the Charity Chase race. It was great fun, and I'm proud of my 2:23 result for the half marathon.

I was 3 minutes slower than in Raleigh two months ago, but the track was very challenging with lots of hills, and it was much warmer also.

It was great that Sasha was there; we left yesterday afternoon and spent a nice evening in Hickory, before getting up at 5.30 am to go to the race. Hickory is nice! We were pleasantly surprised: a cozy downtown area with lots of restaurants and places with outdoors seating.

The race itself was very well organized and there were lots of volunteers everywhere, very friendly folks. The scenery was beautiful, but especially the last two hills were very challenging ("Cemetery Hill" especially).