Last year, around this same time, I posted some line items of what I wanted to accomplish in 2011. The biggest accomplishment was running the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and finishing. I also finished the Miami Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon this past December! (but I still have yet to blog about that one) I hit a PR for the 10K and actually a “life” goal of running one in under an hour at the 2011 Great Cow Harbor Race!. Once again, I didn’t properly train for either runs, so that also led to me just signing up for the sprint distance in the San Diego Tri-Rock. Unfortunately, cycling was almost absent in 2011 and blogging was getting tiresome. I’m still having a hard time differentiating elijahnicolas.com and adellelijah.com and it’s slowly getting there…I think. I did begin eating “healthier and less” but at the start of the holidays, I tanked. I’m now officially the heaviest I’ve ever been. Yes, I still fit into all my clothes but I’m not the lean 165 lbs. I will be.
So, bottom line, I’m going to lose 25 lbs by year-end. Shoot, I want a summer beach body darnit! I’m also running the 2012 San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Ful Marathon again with a simple goal of 4:30 and WILL train for that bad boy. Here’s to 2012!!!
With the release of Google’s Galaxy Nexus by Samsung tomorrow on Verizon, I couldn’t have pointed it out better myself than Daring Fireball‘s Mr. John Gruber:
…The 2008 G1 had a hardware keyboard; a hardware up/down/left/right controller for moving the insertion point in text and navigating menus; dedicated hardware buttons for Menu, Home, Search, and Back; and SD card storage expansion. All of these things were held up by some critics as advantages against the iPhone. Today’s Galaxy Nexus has none of these things.
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“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
- Steve Jobs (BusinessWeek / 25 May 1998)
Amongst my friends, some might call me an Apple Fanboy but at heart I know that I always take into consideration all the pros and cons of all technological devices. I really do try my best to be unbiased and after extensive research, I’ll make an argument / recommendation for whatever device will fit your needs.
Someone told me last week that I like to be right (duh) but they’re missing the bigger picture. It’s not about being right or wrong. It’s all about making sure that it fits the personality / requirements of that individual and from there I can claim success as long as they enjoy the product. But alas, affirmation from tech pundits always puts a smile on my face. As some of you might know, I like to be in the know and now!
Onto Google’s first Android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich – Galaxy Nexus. Techcrunch editor MG Siegler just released his review and here are some key points:
…it feels like I’m Zack Morris holding his Gordon Gekko phone
still feels rather cheap and plastic-y
the camera is definitely worse than the iPhone 4S, both in megapixels (8 vs. 5), and in image quality
but of course MG Siegler does admit, “It’s important to emphasize the fact that the Galaxy Nexus is without a doubt the best phone I’ve ever used that’s not an iPhone.”
Google also released a pretty cool commercial.
Update: It’s official, you can purchase this phone tomorrow for $299.99 + two year contract on Verizon! (via BGR)
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