Wednesday, February 20, 2008

My new phone


I just got a sweet new phone from Novell. It is an HTC TyTn II:

The coolest specs about thiis phone are it has WiFi & Bluetooth, a 3 Mega Pixel camera, GPS with TomTom, and a slide out keyboard and the screen tilts. I already tested out the GPS. I let it guide me home along the bicycle paths. I also just ordered an 8GB MicroSD card.


Specifications

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Processor: Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
Operating System: Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
Memory: ROM: 256MB
RAM: 128MB SDRAM
Dimension: 112 mm (L) X 59 mm (W) X 19 mm (T)
Weight: 190g with battery
Display: 2.8 inch, 240 X 320 QVGA TFT-LCD display with adjustable angle and backlight
Device Control: Finger scrolling and panning 5-Way navigation control
Keyboard: Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Main camera: 3 megapixel CMOS color camera with auto focus

Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio: Built-in microphone and speaker Ring tone supported formats:
MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Sunday, February 17, 2008

A couple of Hannah "firsts"

On Thursday night, Valentines Day, Hannah and I went to the Temple with the Young Men and Women of the ward The temple is in den Hague which is about 45 minutes from our home. The Bishop and first counselor were the only other brothers there to perform the ordinances. I ended up baptizing everyone (14 kids) and the Bishop and First Counselor performed the confirmations. Needless to say, I was very tired by the time I was done. I have never performed 140+ baptisms at one time with no break. Hannah was, of course, as beautiful as ever stepping into the fountain and I was proud to be the one performing the ordinance.

On Friday the 16th, Hannah was able to attend her first dance. Her school had a Valentines Day dance for all Group 6, 7 and 8 students (4th, 5th and 6th grades). She hasn't yet said much about the dance yet, we have not yet pushed for info, but she I know she actually danced with some boys. Of course, in light of this latest info, she will not be attending another dance for at least 10-20 more years.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

A long story

There seem to be certain unnamed people, Lisa, who think that we are slipping into blogging oblivion, so I thought that I would write something to put their mind(s) at ease. We had an 'series of unfortunate events' happen last week...Isaac got into a bike accident on his way home from school. Nothing glorious, but the wind blew him over and we, or I should say, I and some very nice Dutch people ended up at the hospital where we got him glued back together sufficiently. It turns out that Abby, being the couragous little thing that she is, ended up being blown over off of her bike on the way home to drag me to the scene of the crime. It is very exciting when you open the front door and you have two Dutch policemen standing there with your teary eyed daughter. Can I just add that the police here are very nice and understanding and pressed and polished looking (which is a little scary up close). Due to a serious lack of communication between Abby and I, she ended up lost the next day. Now, I can think of very few things that are as scary as this is to a parent but it is greatly magnified when you are in a foreign country, even if most people do speak very good English. Everything turned out alright and I only went bolistic a little bit on her afterwords. The things that go through your mind though...I tell you!