grooves...

It's often difficult to determine when a groove becomes a rut. Unfortunately, the difference is usually apparent only when you are no longer in one of them.

For a very long time, I've been in a rut. Tonight I realised this. After a mildly productive day (my office isn't as messy any more, but there wasn't a whole lot of billing going on), I'm in the office late, had Subway for dinner, and have been hammering out work. The feeling was familiar all over again. I think that I'm out of the rut and into the groove.

Having said all of this, there isn't a whole lot of interest in the above exposition if you aren't me. So here's your tidbit for the day (damnit I said TIDBIT, not timbit (TM)). Rut doesn't just mean a settled and monotonous routine, it also refers to a breeding period for certain mammals, such as male deer or elk. Don't believe me?

BTW... lots of online dictionaries don't like timbit.

Cool Cellular services

I saw this cool feature being offerred by Virgin's Australian operation (link to Virgin's description here). I don't know how useful it would end up being for me, but why is it that innovation has to be found somewhere else?

I can't wait for Virgin to start their mobile service in Canada. I realise that it's just going to be a rebranded Bell pay-as-you-go type service, but if they offer people new and innovative services it might give us the push we need in the marketplace.

Having said that I'm remarkably happy with the way that the Roger's acquisition of Fido has been done. For a Fido customer, the change has been transparent, except now I have the ability to pay a bit more to get roaming on the Roger's network. This is a pretty cool feature for me. Now I just wish that they'd let me buy a phone from a common pool. Or let me put 2 phone numbers on my existing phone.

As for that Virgin Australia CWI feature, I think that I'd be better served by working out a way to do that with my email. Perhaps the answer lies in flipping that Wi-Fi switch on the side.