RIP RAZR

"slam it on ur palm like a new pack of cigarettes" -- Guest, fixya.com

This actually worked, believe it or not. It took me a while because I've never smoked, so I'm not entirely familiar with how one slams a new pack of cigarettes on your palm.

Discovering this fix for a problem I was having has affirmed my belief that this crappy old Motorola RAZR I've been carrying around since 2006 is one of those few devices I have that can actually be said to have personality. I've even become sort of fond of all the scratches and dings it has from sharing my pocket with my keys. It's a phone that one imagines might exist in a high-tech world where space smugglers would have had to do something similar to get their after-market Corellian transports to start up as well. As I look ahead to picking up my new 'smart' phone tomorrow, a moment of silence for my semi-trusty companion.