so this phone next to me is a GTE public phone, and accepts both magstripe
and smartcard cashcards, pretty cool. they've also got TDMA cellular
phones here, which is news to me, i thought the US still had only analog
EAMPS coverage in most areas. but what do i know, i've never had a
cellphone of my own. i was just in korea 2 days ago, and there they're
rolling out nationwide 3rd-generation CDMA (PCS) phones / pagers, now
that's really pretty nifty.
more on korea later, maybe when i get to LA. korea's changed a whole lot
in 4 years, and there's a lot of really, really snazzy jonk going on
there. lots of fun.
i'm still alive, BTW, didn't die in that terrible KAL flight from seoul to
guam. anyhow.
-d.