How many places called "China Buffet" exist today in America? #
How would you like to live at @msichicago for a month & win $10k? You could be the experiment. http://bit.ly/cooPQK #MATM HT @andyphelan45 #
How fast would a phone CPU need to be to live translate conversations? #
The summer of the smartphone shortage – http://bit.ly/drWcky #cnn #
Why am I about to watch Despicable Me in 3D? Popcorn? Snacks? The promise of late night tacos? #
How hard will it be to get the Samsung Epic? Getting the HTC EVO 4G phone from a Sprint store has been overly frustrating. #
Will the Samsung Epic defeat the HTC EVO 4G? #

The first day back at work after a five day vacation can be rough. All the routines that mattered are somehow shattered. The day stands out as a reminder of all the things that need to be done. Some moments are memorable and other moments slip on by as one day rolls into the next.

Austin from the Sprint store in Derby, Kansas had the HTC EVO 4G in stock. A day earlier and the phone would have been acquired. After a very long road trip the only phone in stock remains in the wrong State.

Shortages on a device should be temporary and not a way of life. It seems like most of the employees dealing with the situation enjoyed the financial commissions, but are getting tired of putting the corporate face and smiling at an endless string of questions that involve political answers.

At some point in the long struggle to acquire a new phone the next generation of technology will inevitably change the game and the cycle will start again. The bleeding edge of technology remains sharp. Trying to figure out how to stay ahead of the game requires a degree of persistence that seemed unimagined just a few years ago.

When Tuesday is your Friday and you have already hit your hour requirement for the week a very long weekend is well deserved. #
I write like Chuck Palahniuk. Proof: http://iwl.me/s/2b568272 #
I write like Stephen King. Proof: http://iwl.me/s/b3a26720 or I write like Chuck Palahniuk. Proof: http://iwl.me/s/2b568272 Kinda funny… #
RT @PCMag HTC Working on EVO 4G, Droid Incredible Supply Issues http://bit.ly/aIt3K7 #
WSJ.com – Shortages of Phone Hindering Sprint 4G http://on.wsj.com/ci2ZHA #
WSJ.com – Apple, Under Fire, to Discuss iPhone Friday http://on.wsj.com/9Dx17m (They made 1,700,000 iPhone 4 compared to 300,000 HTC EVO 4G) #
WOW! McDonalds (Limon, CO) just sold me Pibb Extra from a soda fountain clearly labeled Dr. Pepper… shockingly rude… #
Waiting for the call from the Sprint store this morning seems to be taking an eternity. When will the HTC 4G EVO arrive? When? #

Yesterday could have been the big day. The joy of technology acquisition was in the air.
Hope existed at an unprecedented level. Most of the day was spent waiting for a call from the Sprint store in Derby, Kansas. Calls had been placed to a few stores in the area to locate the exact location for the next delivery of HTC EVO 4G phones.

Last night involved drinks at Mike’s Wine Dive in Wichita, Kansas. Joni’s ten year high school reunion seemed almost surreal. Something about the entire reunion process only hits home right before walking into the door. Right before the reunion drinks we had the privilege of attending a wedding reception. Everything really hits home when you take a figurative uppercut from a metaphor. Maybe it was the dumbfounded look of a high school sophomore contemplating the ancient nature of a ten year high school reunion or the realization that an entire decade had passed, but the night took on a bit of introspective melodrama.

Naturally, Amanda had the HTC EVO 4G and recommended purchasing it as soon as possible. Somebody at Mike’s Wine Diver was even playing Super Mario Brothers on the HTC EVO. At some point perhaps the overwhelming avalanche of evidence and recommendations supporting the HTC EVO 4G will inspire the purchase of two of the devices with a backup Blackberry hanging out in third place.

In any event after the major technology acquisition failure that occurred on Friday only one real solution exists. Sure camping out at the local Sprint store would be an option, but placing an order for the phones online might be the only way to move forward.

Could today involve some live blogging? Maybe; the waiting process will certainly inspire a certain degree of nervous energy that could very well result in the generation of stream of consciousness prose.

I finally broke down and got my name placed on a waiting list for the HTC EVO 4G. Let me say officially and without any qualification, waiting for the call from the Sprint store this morning seems to be taking an eternity.

When will the HTC 4G EVO arrive?
When will they finally call?
How long will it take to get to the store?

Speculation; enjoy it or fight it, but eventually you will end up accepting that it exists and moving on to something else. The internet is a large (incredibly large) space full of plenty of content to mesmerize even the most enthusiastic connoisseur of speculative thought.

Acquiring this particular phone seems to have been a Herculean challenge that defied reason and logic. Typically, a company as large as Sprint would attempt to find a supplier that could manage to deliver a significant quantity of products. The current shortage of HTC EVO 4G devices could either be a part supply problem or corporate mismanagement. Theoretically, the part supply problem could be part of a competitor’s evil plot to shrink HTC market share.

More of less this weblog realizes the full potential of single serving writing. Since the units of analysis for a weblog inevitably boils down to the number of posts. The process of single serving writing tends to develop organically and it quickly becomes entrenched for most digital authors. Some weblog posts can use reverse linkages in the form of hypertext bookmarks to allow readers to navigate across the historical universe of the weblog. For the most part readers tend to focus on the newest weblog posts instead of conducting a historical survey that draws on prose across a broad spectrum of experiences and motivations. Sure almost every weblog has a search engine, but the search engine tool is general remains under utilized and typically under delivers.

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The morning shipment from HTC never materialized and the waiting game started to see if a 4:00 PM (CST) delivery would occur. Getting the HTC EVO 4G might actually be harder than getting placed on a list. Why Sprint has refused to allow people to preorder the device who are wiling to wait for shipment defies reason.

Who would have ever guessed at the advent of the digital age that technology companies would have a hard time producing portable electronics?

With any new technology the process of early adoption always remains problematic. HTC will probably continue attempting to be a functional wireless device manufacturing company. At some point the company will need to ramp up production to meet real work demand. Sprint is struggling to have enough 4G devices in the marketplace.

Unless something new comes along in the next few weeks, I will keep waiting for the HTC EVO 4G to become available.

Everything could have been somewhat easy, but nothing in the real work every really works out that way. Rob and a few other people have noticed the number of posts on this weblog about the HTC EVO 4G. Then again Rob “The World’s Finest” tends to engage in the process of creating origami. Rob may or may not be the foremost connoisseur of paper based shuriken (ninja stars) on the planet. At some point, HTC will manage to produce enough of the HTC EVO 4G phones to make the commercially available online again for regular consumers who refuse to wait at stores for random delivers.

In other somewhat related news, this morning Andy from Chicago might have received a free bag of dog treats. In response to my low resolution camera phone powered by the Verizon Wireless network Andy was going to send HTC EVO 4G inspired high resolution photographs to my phone. Unfortunately, my handset cannot even begin to open an eight megapixel photograph.

I guess all random acts of kindness should be supported.

Should I just buy the HTC HERO today? The HTC EVO never seems to be in stock on the Sprint website… #
The salsa is jarred, my marathon writing weekend is complete, and the next project has been selected. Now where is my HTC EVO 4G? #
A jar of salsa, one bag of chips, and a serving plate will be attending work today to provide flavor and awesomeness to the workday. #