For-Profit Do-Gooders
Saturday, January 31st, 2009 Posted in Culture, Energy, Media, Solar | CommentsEconomist magazine has a great article on for-profit activism and mentions both 1BOG.org and Virgance. 1BOG helped me get a solar panel system last year and I'm am still delighted with how well the whole process went. Thank you again 1BOG ...
Hey AT&T, Where Is My Text Message From Obama?
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Media | CommentsI woke up this morning, my beauty sleep totally uninterrupted by that loud car honk sound I had selected on my iPhone for text messages. OK I admit it, I already heard the big news last night. But still... what happened? ...
Why Are Cables/Telcos Shaking In Their Boots Over WiMAX?
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Media, WiMAX | CommentsI saw an interesting demonstration recently of WiMAX (specifically the mobile version, 802.16e) and needless to say, I am impressed. The demo should consistent data rates exceeding 10 megabits/sec in a moving vehicle. The kicker was that upstream speed was ...
Getting published on Kindle
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Media | CommentsI just discovered a nice in-depth article by Pat B Doyle titled Publish an Ebook in Amazon’s Kindle Book Store!. It includes a 8-point guide that includes formatting tips, setting up search terms, and how to prepare a product image. ...
Cable And DSL Companies Are Going To Love This…
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in Media | CommentsFox, Paramount, Warner Bros. and MGM are teaming up with BitTorrent to provide better downloading using P2P. That's good. But cable and DSL companies are shutting down users who use too much bandwidth. You see, their business model assumes ...