So a co-worker is selling a brand new Nexus One. This particular Nexus One is the one that works with AT&T's GSM. I'm still evaluating it, but am likely to purchase it. It seems like a good deal since I am already with AT&T and the price I am paying is significantly less than the retail price for the phone. So I 'miss out' on a number of bad things such as a contract with AT&T and the ridiculous ETF that Google has placed on the phone (although it may be less these days).

My current phone is one I purchased over 5 years ago. When I purchased it I think it was already obsolete. It's been a perfectly good phone and it still works. Why would I want to replace it? I'm still mulling this question over. Ubiquitous internet access is somewhat appealing but I can see a downside. Either way I'll keep my old phone and if I end up not using or not liking this new phone I can probably sell it at little or no loss (after adding in the cost of data service with AT&T).

Nemesis was published in 1989, just three years before Isaac Asimov died. Of his later novels that I have read this is one of the better ones. This isn't to say that I liked it that much. It contains some ideas (Gaia, intelligent planets) that don't particularly appeal to me, but were prevalent in many of Asimov's works of this period. A decent, and short, summary is available from the link so I won't bother with one here.

Worth reading but not one of Asimov's better works.