USB to PCMCIA Adapter - hope for EVDO cards

I stumbled across a USB device that accepts a PCMCIA high speed data card (EVDO). This looks like an excellent solution for switching to a MacBook Pro and still being able to use my EVDO card. The problems are: 1) it isn't shipping, yet, 2) they have no Mac drivers, and 3) it doesn't list my card, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 580 as compatible. I've sent them email to see if they'd be interested in having me write a Mac driver. I'll cross my fingers, but won't count my chickens before they hatch.

Laughable Sprint response

I sent email to Sprint asking when the next firmware update would be available for my Samsung A900 to address the Bluetooth issues I've been having, and part of the response I got back was

We at Sprint perform stringent tests and trials before launching any product, therefore there is no fixed time period for the software launch.

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New Samsung A900 Update

Sprint/Samsung came through with another update for my Samsung A900 phone. The update was supposed to fix some Bluetooth problems and picture mail problems. I could care less about picture mail as I've only used it a handful of times since I've had it. Bluetooth, on the other hand, is one of the reasons I got the phone. My problem was that my headsets kept ringing like there was an incoming call. I was quite excited to see this update, but within a few minutes, my excitement turned to disappointment. My headsets still ring. I guess Samsung needs more time to figure out how to do Bluetooth. I'll call Sprint and Samsung and alert them of the issue in case they think they fixed it. It can't be all that hard to work with Bluetooth as other companies have been doing it for years and people are quite pleased. Maybe it is just Samsung's CDMA development teams don't have a clue; it hasn't been until recently that US CDMA carriers really offered Bluetooth phones (Sprint had the Sony Ericsson T608 a few years ago, but that was a half baked phone with lots of bugs).

Another new blog system

Last weekend when my wife were on a weekend getaway, I thought it would be neat to be able to blog offline and then upload my entries when I got home (we had no Internet access where we were). (The getaway was to get away from our house, not our work.) I started down the path of writing a program to do this, but didn't finish over the weekend. Yesterday I discovered a program called MarsEdit which did exactly that. However, it didn't support the blogging system I used. So I decided to switch over to WordPress as it is supported by MarsEdit and is quite popular. To top it off, the interface was a bit more to my liking. However, the transition was not easy, but I managed to get all the articles moved over.