after a productive morning of troubleshooting a fiber-optic line on a web server (dont ask), a bit of scanner-driver installation, i delved into getting my numbers off my old phone. in the process i came across a few bluetooth wonders.
first: enabling bluetooth connection with Address Book. what does it do? now when someone calls me, i get a little popup on my screen basically saying "your pocket is vibrating, idiot. pick up your phone." useful? not really? cool factor? +3 (out of 5). but what about text messages? instead of just saying "your pocket is vibrating, idiot." it displays the message on the screen. usefulness goes up to +2, cool factor remains at +3.
second:a little program named romeo that lets you do a ton of stuff with your mac, controlled by your phone. again, initial grades come in with low usefulness, moderate coolness (albeit almost +4). if this were my home machine, the itunes and dvd control would be rad, and if i ever did presentations with a laptop, the powerpoint/keynote controller would be killer. that raises it up to a potential usefulness of +4 with a cool factor staying around +3.8.
and all of a sudden, its time to go home. what do ya know.