Yay my iPhone works inside some metro stations. I tested the network performance at each station on my way from Ballston to L’enfant Plaza. True to their word, WMATA has completed installation of 850 mhz cell service in major metro stations.
I had signal in all but three stations (filled red), the stations filled green had great signal, and I pulled decent download speeds at all of these stops. The slowest download speed was 618 kbps at McPherson Square. 1400kbps speeds at L’enfant Plaze and Foggy Bottom are just shy of the maximum download speed of the iPhone. All speed tests were conducted from inside the train car. There is no signal in the tracks, unlike with Verizon your signal drops as soon as you enter the tunnel.
Surprised by receiving a call, I immediately tweeted. These tweets indicate service started 3 days ago.
Update: I tested a few more stations. Gallery Place, Archives, and Farragut North are indicated on the map. Service inside tunnels is planned to be complete by the end of 2012.
Remember that Auditorium flash game I blogged about last year? It was an awesome puzzle game which was sadly never ported to the iPhone. Don’t worry, Galaxi has you covered. It’s got sweet particle emitting energy action. You need to arrange the arrows to get the the energy to flow into the goal. There are black wholes which absorb the energy, you must learn how to use their gravitational pull to curve the energy towards the goal.
The later levels provide various tools like energy magnets which wrench up the complexity. 50 levels total, $1.99 in the app store. [Download link]
Look at all the trees in here!
The Gaylord National Resort is fancy.
Everyone knows Robocop is the greatest movie ever made, and its reviews on iTunes reflect this. It has 4.5 of 5 stars, and many of the reviews are nearly intelligible. Check out this gem.
Wow what a horrible recollection of the legendary ED-209 demonstration where it malfunctions and shoots that dude 50 times in the chest. Did you know that the original director’s cut of this scene earned Robocop an NC-17 rating? They toned it down from 100 bullets to the chest and one less shot of the dudes chestal cavity getting destroyed to skirt by with an R rating. Robocop is the movie violence equivalent of losing your virginity. So get your kids from school, tape there eyes open, and teach them the gruesomely important lesson that if you get shot 100 times you won’t die because your remains will be incorporated into a badass cybernetic robot with no weaknesses. Except getting shot in the mouth.
Update: Oh yea also in college my buddy and I tried playing a drinking game while watching Robocop. Every time somebody dies you take a shot of vodka, we made it about 15 minutes.
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