Archive for: February 2006

I had a Nokia IP120 that had a dead hard drive in it. For most of you who don’t know what a Nokia IP120 is, it is a small computer the size of a breadbox that has three network interfaces …

I am facing an interesting dillemma.

My cable company has started “silently” rolling out their increased speeds, which go up to 8 megabytes. My 4 meg line suddenly became 6 after a cable modem reboot. The upstream is still …

Over ten years ago, I was unmarried, fresh out of college, and stupid with money. I bought stuff beyond my means. I believe I had amassed $15,000 of credit card debt. For what? A bunch of toys that weren’t worth …

I got hooked up with a SightSpeed account along with a webcam. One feature it supports is the ability to record a brief video message and send a copy of it to any email address. This makes it handy

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I’m probably gonna get some flack for this, but I can’t let Guy Kawasaki’s post and some of the responses go.

I think everyone’s getting hung up in semantics and details in Guy’s post. I …

It’s nice to know our neighbors to the North also know how to mis-use the word unlimited too. Seems that Alec Sanders got charged overage on his “unlimited data” plan. Sort of like Qwest limits my “unlimited” long distance …

It’s advertised in the subway. It was an ad for selling VoIP that I saw on the Blue Line train in Chicago. I presume if someone is advertising for “salespeople” for something in a relatively public location like the subway,

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As I am wandering around O’Hare looking for a power outlet while I am waiting for my nearly 3 hour delayed flight–my wife wondered why I originally booked at Saturday morning flight–I had a flashback to my youth. Ten points

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I have been unimpressed with Cingular’s coverage in Chicago. Maybe it’s where I am in Chicago versus the placement of their towers, but I quite frankly have better coverage at home. I would think one of the largest cities in

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Brian White over at The Wireless Report completely misses the point of mobile broadband. I don’t want the carriers to spoon-feed me content. I want access to the content of my choosing whenever I want from wherever I happen …