• @cdevroe Ha! Awesome. Why didn’t I think of that the other day? #
• I’ve played way too muc SA-MP (unofficial San Andreas Multiplayer Mod) over the last two days. Thus, I’ve gotten *nothing* done. #

• Having various beers with @brittanygreene and friends. Much barhopping to come. #
• @garyvee This is fun. I get to explain the whole premise of this wristband to everyone at each bar we roll into. Bring that thunder, right? #
• We are all at Taco Mac now. Rogue Mocha porter scares me. But lets drink. #
• Awake. Not feeling too bad, just really tired still. I should try to get a lot of work done today. #

• Playing a little rockband. Word. #
• Just got off work. Now what should I do? #
• I kinda want a Flip camera. Hmm. #
• Weird. I’m not getting web updates for people I’ve turned SMS updates on for. #
• @zemote Thanks for the Flip audio info! That’s good to hear. I might pick one up this weekend. Anything is better than what I’ve got. #
• Out eating some Japanese food, drinking wine, and rocking my Wine Library TV wristband. #

• @brittanygreene Word. See, told you blowing ridiculous amounts of money would come in handy. #
• @zemote How is the audio on a flip in load environments like a car? My Aiptek sucks if its not quiet. #

• @flixwagon Sorry I didn’t reply the other day. Thanks for that! #
• Hey Twitter! Should I get Gran Turismo 5 Prologue tonight? #
• Morning tea. I’ve not looked at code in a couple of days (letting my mind rest). Not sure if I’m ready to break the streak. #
• @zefrank haha the youngmenowme from eariler = winner if for no other reason than the discomfort both must have been experiencing #
• O hai cell phone. Sorry I left you at work last night. (i had 1300 new texts when I picked it up. Damn twitter.) #
• At the local police station. How I got roped into tech support again I don’t know. Money is always good in the govt sector, though. #
• I should try this more often. Sitting out in the backyard on a day like this is much more fun than sitting inside. Go away, wasps! #

I had to add a new category for this, “Quickie”, because it’s going to be short.

Don’t ask how, but I’ve got a good reason to believe that AT&T is rolling out 3G in Chattanooga on June 30th.

AT&T’s 3G coverage nationwide is currently just above pitiful, so it makes sense they’re expanding it.

However, think to yourself what else has launched at the end of June before and what is expected to launch in roughly the same time period this year. I’ll let you figure it out.

All I’m saying is the rollout around the 30th is probably not limited to Chattanooga and is probably going to consist of a lot more than just a technology launch. I mean, you would probably want to launch a flagship product to demonstrate it, right?

(Note, everything below the Chattanooga rollout statement is speculation, but damn if it doesn’t sound just right.)

EDIT (June 11, 2008):

Sorry, I didn’t get to find much more out yet or write a post, but I did make this. I placed 28 of the 3G towers onto a Google Map. This isn’t complete, though. For example, there are more between the big group of Chattanooga ones and the single Cleveland one. There are some important boundaries, though. The towers go no further north, south, east, or west at this time than the farthest towers in those directions.

This is going to be a tiered rollout. If your area doesn’t have it yet, and you are close to the Chattanooga market, they are working on pushing it out in the weeks (and, most likely, months) following the June 30th activation date. If I get any more info or find out changes to the “go” time, I’ll add it to this post.

 
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This data is correct as of 5/31/08. I didn’t post a screenshot of the interface I’m looking at for two reasons.

1) I’m pretty sure I can’t show the *actual* program I’m pulling these from, and my AT&T reps already know I blog here. (But, I mean, there’s nothing wrong with arbitrarily placing little dots on a Google Map that just so happen to roughly line up with coverage, right?)

2) You can’t tell anything from a screenshot. It shows all towers: new, old, dead, and dying. You have to pull up another popup for each one to get useful information.

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• @stammy Does it offend you, yeah? - We are rockstars #
• @alanataylor Keep holding down the two buttons until it resets itself? #
• Blah. Two exams:algorithm analysis and computer design. I hate today. #
• Hmm. It could have been interesting to ustream me taking tests today, so you all could laugh when I forget an answer. #
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• I’m now officially following 100 people. 100 really cool people. Maybe that’s why I never get any work done. Goodnight, everyone. #
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• Poll: I’m heading out to grab some food. What should I eat? #
• I just concocted what could be one of the most awesome cheese sandwiches to ever leave my kitchen. #
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