Archive for the ‘Geek’ Category
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
I gave up Beer Fest on Friday. "Something" came up.
That something has been one of my newer hobbies: energizing the EsperNet IRC Network with some new life. I started off by redesigning the website, but on Friday, something even more special happened: snowdrift.esper.net was linked to the IRC network from ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
According to c|net (and dozens of other news outlets), Verizon Wireless plans to open their network to third-party developers. While no concrete details have yet emerged, this announcement holds the potential for a sea change in the mobile communications industry.
Today, mobile carriers commission phone manufacturers to produce phones specifically for ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Apple, in their infinite wisdom (read: desire not to create a lousy user experience), enforces the advertised minimum system requirements in the Leopard installer. I found this frustrating, because I don't mind changing off of a lousy experience, if it happens to actually be lousy.It turns out, however, with a ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Adding to the infinite hubris of obsolescent executives, I present the LG Voyager, the iPhone thingamalike.
When will Verizon and other phone executives realize that they're not competing with Apple on features?
I propose that the executives of every phone (including mobile) company should retire. You're rich. You're holding up the show. ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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Truer words...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
I called Qwest again and asked about getting my DSL circuit switched to 'fast' mode (as opposed to 'interleaved').
I'm not a DSL expert (although some consider my swinging of lingo to make me so), but in roughwords, the approximate difference between 'fast' and 'interleave' is that interleaving will split and ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Dish Network provides decent television service for a good price. However, no matter what they do, they simply cannot handle any change of service without monumentally screwing up their billing.
Even the cable companies do a better job.
Case in point: I moved to Fort Collins, CO. They sold me on ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
... on the role of federalism in the United Federation of Planets.
Geeks only.
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Qwest still sucks.
I've got an order in for a point-to-point wireless internet connection from Mesa Networks. It's a little more expensive per month (with subnet), but the latency is better (5-15ms to the first hop) and the overall throughput should be higher. Assuming no line-of-sight issues (or difficulties with the ...
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Qwest sucks.
For those unaware, Qwest is the ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) in Colorado. They're motto is 'Spirit of Service.' Only problem: their service stinks.
Case in point: I have a "naked" DSL circuit from them rated (and trained) at 1536/896. Actual throughput: closer to 800/600. Worse yet? Interleaved profile. According ...
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