Electronics Update

That new Asus I last posted about has been working out great so far.  The night I set it up, I wound up playing Starcraft 2 for 5 hours straight and it barely blinked.  It also does a great job streaming Netflix movies and runs Stellarium beautifully.  I highly recommend you get one. 
On the cell phone front, it turns out that the Sienna phone tends to drop calls in the house after all.  That means we won't be dropping ATT in favor of them.  We may wind up doing Vonage instead. 
In other news, my work and my basement are going smoothly.  Well, mostly.  However, they are keeping me from getting to the numerous sci-fi related posts that I want to do.

Update on Sienna

After a few minor travails, I got my new phone from Sienna Communications and it works great.  The phone is nothing special but the reception where I live is good and the customer service is friendly.  I plan on dropping my landline and getting another phone from them in the next week or so.  Believe it or not, with the cheap plan my wife and I will be using, we'll be saving a fair amount of money every month.

Sienna Communications

The other day, I signed up for a cell phone with Sienna Communications.  They're a Catholic run company that offers plans for about the same price as the big guys (less in some cases) without a contract.  Yes, you can still get a free phone when you sign up as well, although you will pay more for a better phone than would from say Verizon.  However, the best part is that they will donate 5% of your bill goes to the pro-life charity of your choice.  So you get to yak on the phone and do a good deed at the same time.  That's the kind of multitasking I can get behind.  Anyway, check 'em out.  Also, check out the charity I chose donate to, Rachel's Vineyard.  They do lots of good work help people deal with the grief that often follows an abortion.
Almost forgot to give out the proper credit, I found out about them in an add in the National Catholic Register.
One last thing, I don't have the phone yet, so I'll let you know in a week or so how it all works out.