Thursday, October 6, 2011

steganographic wands

my phone.  now(the one i have now), an ancient device still able to summon the spirits.  actually, it's probably just from the first half of this new millennium's first decade.  it is, essentially, my backup.  my phone before had a camera and video capability but was not a "smartphone."  but it was perfectly dropped into a cup of water at one point and then left exposed in a summer heated car (last summer 2010).  and though it even worked after those two events, less than a month later the screen was gone.  i could still use the phone. if i remember right, but i was limited because i could no longer see the numbers i was dialing or any of the screens to navigate through the functions.
fortunately someone i know had an old phone with my same provider.  so while i have a phone, i don't have the benefit of it's camera.

i've been looking at the smartphone option on and off, but i might as well not dwell on it since practically, i cannot see a way to afford the phone itself let alone the monthly fee+data package.  data package?  rubbish excuse to eviscerate one's wallet.
but, additionally, principally i have a repulsion to this particular money scheme.  i already had issues with the greed i perceived of the phone companies - regarding all the sort of charges added on with little or no explanation (or convoluted explanations). 

the smartphone would help with some things, but at this point it is much like a shoe two sizes too small.

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