Trespass!

Today's our first day on our trip across Canada. I'm sitting in my tent, about 30km away from a small town called Chipman in rural New Brunswick.

We're illegally camped on an old dirt road called Baghdad, which I take as a good omen. We left Halifax at about 2:00 in the afternoon and we drove for about 5 hours.

I'm typing this out on my phone, the way I plan to do all blog posts on this trip. Not my iPhone; I had one of those, but it's gone now. No, I'm using the Google branded Nexus One superphone, which I love very much.

I thought my iPhone was great when I first got it, but the more time I spent with it, the more it's flaws became glaring to me. These were the usual stuff: no access to the file system, no ability to download non-store apps, and Adobe seemed to be banned for life.

I was already chaffing at the limitations my own phone, which I bought with money, was imposing on me. Then, someone told me the solution to my woes: I could jailbreak it.

Jailbreak? Really? Why did I want to own a device that is in jail by default? Furthermore, it seems the operation is temporary only. Apple actively fights to rejail all the liberated phones, and their weapon of choice is updates which they hold hostage until you go back into your cell.

So, I learned about Android phones and decided the Nexus One was the best a Canadian like me could get. Some tech sites recommended the almost identical HTC Desire instead, but to get the right bands I would have had to order the Australian one, and they still didn't have all the right bands.

The Nexus One is awesome. You think you know Google Maps? You don't. What Google saved for their own toy is spectacular.

Anyway. It took a couple of weeks to come, then I sold my iPhone. It was no trouble for Telus to connect my new phone to my contract and number. Also, it turns out that iPhones might be the easiest things in the universe to unload. It was easy.

The first thing I did when I got my Nexus was to unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery and root it. This allowed me to install custom operating systems, which I've done. I'm running one right now.

Not only do I have access to the file system, I've overclocked the processor. On my phone.

Heck, one guy even got Windows 95 to run on the Nexus. I hope it works better than on PCs.

I Have So Much To Say

I am finally back, and so much has changed. I don't know where to start.

I'm a nurse, I've found true love, and I embark on adventures. I have found the power to do whatever I please, although I am only beginning to use it.

I'm going to give you a little preview of what I'm going to talk about in the future. I love technology; I'm going to talk about that.

I've just begun discovering my spirituality, one uncontained by boundries. I've found God is real and Her law of compassion exists, felt by every human whether they want it or not.

My partner and I are about to quit our jobs and drive across Canada. We've been saving for awhile. Whatever doesn't fit in my car is getting tossed. We haven't planned much of the trip; we're going to discover it as we go.

Reading fiction has always been my hobby. Recently, I've started writing it to and I'm going to keep going. Tied into that creative aspect is my love of table-top roleplaying games. I like to run and play them, and I'll talk about it here when I do.

I'm just beginning to discover these things, and it's a journey others can take with me here.