Archive for: November 2005

Was poking around in my PhoneGnome Portal today and noticed a couple of new features:

1. Can turn off “Outbound Call Indications,” which is that announcement that tells you that you are making a free call, using the Internet …

At least that’s my opinion after reading this news story from CNet about how Qualcomm is suing Nokia over patents.

I guess “Patent Troll” might not be the right word because Qualcomm actually does produce products–namely the chips …

One fine line I’ve walked over the years is saying too much about where I work and what’s going on there. Maybe because I’ve always known that saying too much was a potential liability. This is long before people were

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As many of you may know, my day job involves working in a technical support organization of a large company. As a result of knowing just how much that job can suck, I tend to be really nice to people

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A reader had asked me a very simple question; “How does SoftGnome utilize the unlimited long distance on your PSTN?” A relatively simple question with a simple answer: it calls the PhoneGnome over IP and gateways the call to your …

When I got this, I felt like gloating about the fact I had something I couldn’t talk about. Then I realized I had chastised Tom Keating for doing exactly that. Pot, kettle, black.

What I got an advanced look …

Being someone who works for companies in California, though I live in Washington state, I would be a bit concerned if California were to tax me on the income I earn there. Well given that the Supreme Court decided not …