just so you know, we got EVDO!

Although Fort Wayne has had Verizon's FiOS fibre optic internet service for well over a year now, they neglected to upgrade the wireless service here. Well, on the night of Friday December 8th, I noticed that they finally turned up the EVDO wireless broadband service. What's even more messed up is that they have been selling EVDO phones here for over a year and a half with no way to fully use them.

Well getting EVDO now is better than never i guess. here's to my city perpetually staying behind the curve when it comes to technology! w00t!

a good day at the BMV?!? (bureau of motor vehicles)

after retiring the old batmobile due to a bad engine, i decided to get myself a replacement batmobile (a 2004 ford focus sedan... also black like the suzuki), and well one of the tasks to complete after the purchase of a vehicle is to visit the bureau of motor vehicles to re-title it and to register it for a license plate. Normally I'd rather have root canals done in every one of my teeth without the use of anesthetics than have to visit the place. Even worse was the fact that i went on the last day of the month when there is normally a scramble by people to re-register plates that expire on that day. So i went there yesterday during my lunch expecting to spend a full 2 or 3 hours there... well, not only was there NO line and NO wait, a greeter actually opened the door for me and directed me to an available agent. Even stranger is that the people working there seemed almost pleasant and happy to be doing their job! I literally had to pinch myself to make sure i wasn't dreaming or accidentally tripped through some inter-dimensional portal into bizzaro-world.

If i was Roger Ebert, this review of the BMV would have been a bit longer and more detailed, but like him i will give the bureau two thumbs up for making customer service and expedient service top priorities!