Archive for the ‘tech’ Category

More HAM please

HAM radio operator numbers are up 60% since 1981. That’s cool to hear. I’m sure the removal of the Morse Code requirement was a significant factor. When I was in 3rd grade I got my HAM radio license and could send Morse Code at 5 wpm (I think). Even though Dad got us a radio [...]

Five weeks ago I started using Twitter. I didn’t know what to really do with it, and I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. After five weeks, I’ve realized that I enjoy Twitter far more than any other social networking site. I always had a strong dislike for MySpace. It seemed pointless and obnoxious. [...]

A handheld revolution

I recently bought an iPod Touch. My two word assessment is it is a device of perplexing glory. I hope to have a more detailed review soon, but in the meantime I’ll say — and not to be crude — it has revolutionized my time in the WC.

I thought Apple, not Apollo, brought us the iPhone, but I was clearly wrong. Fringe blog has the true — and surprisingly entertaining! — story.

iLoveit

The iPhone is a stunning device. It’s astonishing to me that not only does the iPhone live up to the majority of the hype but also that Apple got it so right on the very first try. Handset manufacturers everywhere better be very very embarrassed. Some have been making phones for 20 years, and their [...]

Thanks, Comcast, I’m now a server. UPDATE (a few minutes later): Okay, so a modem reset fixed the problem: Lessons learned: 1. Be patient. 2. Reset/restart/reboot. 3. Blame invisible things.

T-Mobile wins!

T-Mobile won big again in J.D. Power awards for 2007! Here are the 2007 overall rankings (for Volume I, that is): * Northeast: T-Mobile * Mid-Atlantic: T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless (tie) * Southeast Region: Alltel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless (tie) * North Central Region: AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon Wireless (tie) * Southwest Region: [...]

Unrequited love often turns to bitterness. Sometimes even a foul bitterness that can only boil up from the evil brew festering deep within man’s black heart. Such has my love for the iPhone become. How fickle is my nerd heart! The iPhone is absurdly expensive if you factor in Cingular’s outrageous data and voice charges. [...]

“Cingular-only” Shock Syndrome is wearing off, albeit slowly. I’m still embarrassingly depressed over it. I’ve never had a gadget make me so emo. What makes it even more depressing is that early rumors about the Gadget-that-won’t-be-mentioned (GTWBM) claimed that Apple and T-Mobile were extremely close to inking a deal, but at the last minute the [...]

Cingular only. Words cannot describe the depth of my misery.




  • steevak tweets

    • Or maybe the script was done by a committee of horror writers... Hard to explain the outburst of irrationally stupid decisions in S2. #24 1 day ago
    • Seems the JV script team wrote season 2 of #24. Everybody in #24 took stupid pills between S1 and S2. A lame way to push the plot along. 1 day ago
    • Me:"Good day to fly a kite." Co-worker:"Good day to fly with a kite." True. #windy 3 days ago
    • Traffic is better on holidays. 4 days ago
    • When Jack Bauer has a scruffy beard he looks like Paul Giamatti in a certain light. #24 1 week ago
    • Jack Bauer has always never been more serious in his life. #24 2 weeks ago
    • The world is built out of hacks. 2 weeks ago
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