Link: End of the Road Radio
I never meant to cause you any sorrow. I never meant to cause you any pain…
— Purple Rain
Sometimes when you’re doing simple things around the house, maybe you’ll think of me and smile…
— Keep Me In Your Heart
Eyes on the prize – 5K on resort treadmill, 5K on bike and cable cross. Almost made up for all that pizza
Great dinner with Terry at the Vermilion Club – that pizza rocks
Like many others, my brother ordered a new iPhone 4S last week and asked me what apps he should put on it. This is his first smartphone, so this got me thinking about how I use my phone and what apps actually get launched the most. Here’s what I decided (in order of usage):
#1 – Tweetbot
I spend a lot of time on Twitter and this Tapbots app is my favorite client. $2.99
#2 – Mail
The default email app has a few quirks I don’t like, but it interacts with my Exchange account at work better than my expensive laptop does. FREE
#3 – Words with Friends
This is probably number one, but I was too embarrassed to admit it. Scrabble + social networking = brilliant. $2.99
#4 – Facebook
It doesn’t have all of the features of the full web site, but still a decent app. Each new revision gets better and better too. FREE
#5 – Camera+
Forget the default camera, Camera+ is better in almost every way. $0.99
#6 – Angry Birds (Original, Seasons and Rio)
Three stars, every level, each game. $0.99 each
#7 – My-Cast
Even if my friend Jake wasn’t the author of this app, it would still be my favorite weather app. $3.99
#8 – QRANK
Daily bar-like trivia, but I always skip sports. Will never get that Balls Out award either. FREE
#9 – Weightbot
Another Tapbots creation, this one is for all you scale watchers out there. $1.99
#10 – Tiny Wings
Strangely addictive (and more difficult to master than it appears). $0.99
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Honorable mention (built-in apps):
Photos, Calendar, Messages, Maps, Clock, Calculator, Music, Safari, Phone.
Honorable mention (games):
HoldEm, Canabalt, DoodleJump, Mondo, Skee-Ball.
Honorable mention (everything else):
Shazam, Netflix, Urbanspoon, Fandango.
It’s all right if you love me. It’s all right if you don’t.
— Breakdown
Mr. Terry Gray soon to be in the house – looking forward to his visit (and expertise)
No. Try not. Do…or do not. There is no try.
— Yoda
A little pre-5-0 workout on the bike and cable cross, treadmill afterwards
I love how it’s so quiet out, I can hear the crow flap his wings overhead
Going on walkies to photograph the construction on the Wilderness I just found out about (story tonight)
I’m guessing if you misspell “management” on your conference flier, I won’t miss much by not attending
The Northeast Minnesota Middle Mile Fiber Project will have 415 miles (out of 915) in the ground by the end of the year
Damn, a “tasting” of New York Sirloin for $145
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
— Reg
Apparently I’m getting rusty when it comes to reporting Minnesota golf course news, as I completely missed the fact that my home course, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, is doing a little construction in the off season. Good thing I actually read the course newsletter this month…
Our superintendent Vince Dodge writes:
A few of the projects that will be noticeable to the golfing public next season will be the addition of a new white tee on 3 as well as a white tee enlargement on 7. These two tees in particular have taken a beating from heavy wear in past years and the additional teeing area should help us to avoid this in the future. In addition, the new tee on 3 offers a different angle and overall feel of the hole that should be of interest in coming years.
Seven tee is expected to re-open in June, while the new white tee on three should open in August. It also looked like there was some drain work being done on eight fairway, near the 100 yard marker.
I took a rather melancholy walk around the course this afternoon with the camera. Today would have been a great day to play, with nice fall temps and still perfect tees and fairways. A few shots of the construction zones, along with a few other holes (all covered up and waiting for winter), after the jump.
Listening to the new Florence & The Machine album