Just to let you guys know the resolution of my AT&T saga: the phone did eventually come, and I’ve had a few minor issues, but I’ve been generally happy with what I’ve received.
The activation process didn’t work correctly and I had to call and read numbers to them that their automated system should have prompted [...]

This continues (and with any luck, concludes) the saga started in My Trouble With AT&T. You may want to read that for background to this story.
Today, June 30 at 12:30 PM (afternoon), I received an email from AT&T stating the following:
Unfortunately, we cannot validate your credit card number. Please call us at your earliest convenience [...]

Update (June 30 @ 9 PM): much has happened since I posted this, and my issue has been resolved through many, many hours on the phone with AT&T. I am in the process of writing that up.
I’ve had Verizon since August 2004, and after several years of mediocre service (that is to say, nothing horrible [...]

Every time one semester begins to end and it comes time to register for the next, I have a particular system that I use to determine my schedule for the next one. I’ll list what classes I’m looking at and solicit feedback, both on the system and the classes/professors in question.

I was recently selected as an “IB Featured Alumni” because of my role as the creator of the relatively popular Facebook group, “IB Survivors.” See IB’s bio of me on Facebook here, or see my reposted biography after the jump.