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AT&T and the 1st Gen iPhone

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

If this is true, it goes a long way towards explaining why my service has degraded so much. I have a 1st gen iPhone on AT&T. I’m in the Bay Area. Here’s the story:

…Open for Business has learned that AT&T has been quietly sacrificing 2G signal strength in an effort to speed up the build out of its next generation 3G network…

…While previously the company had been primarily relying on the 850 MHz band that offers a more robust signal, including superior indoor reception, company technicians confirmed to OFB that transmitters for the 2G signal used by the original iPhone and most other handsets, including most AT&T offered BlackBerry and RAZR models, have been shifted to the weaker 1900 MHz band in some areas.

If this is true, AT&T really sucks.

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49ers Win! We Pulled A Hat Trick

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

My Dad is clearly the Bay Area Sports Good Luck Charm. We’ve seen the Raiders, the Warriors, and the 49ers this week. The home team won each time. These are three bad teams, so that’s saying something.

Back to the 49ers. They won on a last minute field goal after perfectly executing their two-minute offense. It was a great game. Got lots of good pics from this one.

Tailgaiting

Scenes from the game

The final play

Final score

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Christmas Day in SF

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Dad and I went to Chinatown to continue our tradition of non-traditional X-Mas dinners. We cruised across the Bay Bridge, drove down Lombard Street, went up Coit Tower, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge where we drove through the hills above Sausalito, and we finished up crossing the San Rafael Bridge on our way back to Alameda.

Lombard Street posted by vgm8383 to Flickr:

Lombard Street

Coit Tower posted on Flickr by code_martial:

Coit Tower

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Fisherman’s Wharf

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Dad and I went to Fisherman’s Wharf today. It’s always nice to get fresh Dungeness crabs and clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl. Yummy!

The sea lions were out making a bunch of noise at Pier 39.

And out in front of the In-N-Out Burger was The Bushman. This dude sits on a milk crate holding branches he cut off of a tree. He hides behind them and pops out to scare people walking by. He got us when we walked by. We wondered how he kept from getting his ass kicked. Turns out he hires a body guard. Claims to make about $60k a year. You can read about him at the link above. Pretty interesting stuff. He’s been doing this for years. It’s hilarious watching him. We sat in the In-N-Out burger watching him while we ate. BTW, In-N-Out Burger kicks ass!

Alcatraz was just as impressive the second time around as it was the first. The island was opened up so we could walk around more. The place is much smaller than you’d imagine and the cells are depressing. They’re small, damp, and cold. Few get any sunlight. It must have been terrible to have been there so close to the city, being able to hear all the life going on around you, yet knowing you were stuck in your little cell on the island.

After checking out Alcatraz, we saw the entire Miami Hurricanes football team waiting in line for their chance to see Alcatraz. They were in town to play Cal in the Emerald Bowl.