Observations from a Road Trip

Just some a few observations from a road trip across the state on Saturday afternoon:

1) The left lane is for passing. If you are traveling at the same speed as the car to your right, you are not passing. Please move to the right lane.

2) Michigan drivers are apparently orange/black color blind. The road construction sign 2 miles ago said the right lane would be closed. Why did you wait until your front bumper was against the cones marking the closed lane before attempting to merge into the center lane? (I yelled at one person this afternoon for being a dumbass)

3) Twix do not travel well. I had a Twix sitting in a bag on the floor that is now a once-gloppy, now-solidified chunk of formerly chocolate/carmel/cookie goodness. I didn't even try opening it. On the other hand, Necco wafers suffered no such transformation. Yay Necco wafers!

4) Surfing the Internet at 80 miles/hour is a neat trick. Rebooting servers at work while traveling at that speed is even neater.

5) Sprint screwed up the Palm Pre launch. We stopped in to two stores around 2pm. The first hadn't even received a Pre shipment, the second was sold out. By comparison, I was able to walk in to an Apple store and buy an iPhone the day after their original launch without any problems at all. Yesterday, the Pre would have been in my pocket (if they had them in stock). Today, I'll wait to see what Apple does for the next version of the iPhone. Who knows, maybe I'll go back to AT&T. Heck, they might even make MORE money from me if they have those home WiFi/3G units so I have coverage at home...