Lexicographic Funnies

Okay, this might not pertain to dictionaries, but lexicographic is a fun word all on its own!
The latest great app for my phone is Dictation. It is there along with Dragon Naturally Speaking which is a great computer program. Dictation does a great job, but as with all voice recognition programs, falls short on some things. Tonight, it fell short with Worcestershire Sauce writing out instead "work worse this year sauce." It was a tasty meatloaf and proved that I didn't work worse this year with that sauce.
Long ago, I had a wholesale scrapbooking business and I mainly dealt in eyelets. I thought myself quite the linguist with my two lines: Theme Addict (thematic) and Assorted Affair (a sordid affair). Those lines might come back again for another business. Wait and see!
Some other funnies that I have been stock piling from Phoebe & I. Actually, I can only take credit for the first one, the rest are hers:
care o' scene (kerosene)
sword of (sort of)
insect aside (insecticide)

Banana, Bubbly, Baby, & Beautifying Technology

1) tap water makes the most horrible fizzy water.
2) banana is not a good medium with which to paint an iPhone.
3) don't leave the baby alone to go make new fizzy water, even if you think you have secured the banana and iPhone.

iPhone again

While visiting the doctor today, my iPhone fell and quit working. Not quite 20 days old and dead. I realize I dropped it, but just hear/read me out.
I miss my Edge iPhone. It was indestructible until I found out that toilet water will kill it. It fell from the top of our truck while driving. I saw it tumble in the road pebble and thought for sure it was going to be useless. Oh, contrare, monfrare! It had a little bump on the corner but none the worse. It later got a cracked screen while in my purse because my keys lodged in the speaker hole. It had a little part in the upper right that was fidgety, but still worked just fine. It took a lickin' and kept on tickin'. It just couldn't hold its liquor.
This 3G isn't the same quality at all. 2 totally different planets. I am disappointed with it and just get sick that I ruined my Edge one. I miss it. I miss the money I spent for this new one.
Apple gave me a new one and I appreciate the no hastle swap I got at the store. I didn't like that I had to wait all day long without a phone until my Concierge appointment. I tend to be very cranky when I have no communications.
I decided that I am going to make a little hip purse similar to this one. It will zip up to hold my phone and wallet, Renée's pacifier, and sunglasses. Nothing should fall to the ground even when I go to the bathroom. I have some tea towels I got on clearance that are too cute to be towels. Hip sling it will be!
I'll let you know when it is done.

iPhone case

Well, a new 3G iPhone was needed. I won't go into all the details, but water damage will render an iPhone totally useless. We can't even use it for a reliable digital clock. All that works is the home button, and all it does is click down.

While using my new phone, the screen would go black at odd times, wouldn't go black when it was supposed to, and would seem to lock up after calls. I thought there was something really wrong it.

I found a reference to the sensors change of placement between the original and 3G phones. I supposed the erratic behavior was due to my case covering the new phone's sensors. An alteration to my case was needed.

My handy dandy Crop A Dile to the rescue! This craftilicious tool has come in handy so many times that it was worth its purchase at Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon (not full price; let's not get crazy now!) It has 2 hole punches: 1/8" and 3/16". I used the 3/16" to make my holes.
I made 2 holes next to the existing ear speaker area to expand out that opening and reveal the 2 stacked sensors. I then smoothed out the edges.
Next, I made a single punch for the lone sensor. This went through the embedded cover-closure magnet. The coolest shower of sparks occurred when I made the punch! It was a time when I wish I were filming the transformation! A bit of clean out of the new hole and the case is perfect! A bit more razor work will even out the ear speaker area and really make it look like I purchased it that way.

It works fantastic. I am not experiencing any of the strange behavior. Thank goodness!

For those of you thinking of updating or getting a new iPhone, read this iFont blog entry to learn about the codes found in the last firmware update that demonstrate the possibility of a new iPhone coming soon.

Heaux, Heaux, Heaux

Merry Christmas!!!
For some odd and bizarre reason, we lost power. A whole big section of the city! After a few minutes, the front half of our subdivision was restored, but we went without power for almost 2 hours. I have no complaints as I enjoy those times when we rough it without modern conveniences. It tests our primal instinct to survive. I mean, we went without our DVD movie and suffered with the inferior screen size of Catching Kringle on the iPhone!

Gifts were interesting this year, but there were some that are missing from the under-tree line-up. Such as the must-have product that I didn't get for my husband: FLAME™ Body Spray. "American fast-food chain Burger King has come up with a novel Christmas gift idea for the meat-loving man who has everything: barbecue-scented cologne...the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broilled meat" writes the UK's Telegraph. Buy yours immediately! Without delay! Right now! Order Now, operators are standing by.
(Mel, you MUST order this for Joey! Thank you Sarah for the information. Grant will no doubt be ridiculously good-smelling.)

On another note of Christmas commercialism, here is something that just sent me a-ponderin'. The top paid iPhone app in the iTunes store for Christmas Day 2008 is
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iFart Mobile-Fart Machine for all ages.
Yes, you read that correctly! What kind of smelled-up society do we live in when SimCity and Tetris are ousted as Top Paid app by iFart? It is Christmas for crying out loud! Geez!
I guess you could cover the smell with your new meat-scented cologne.