Signal To Noise, Part 2
To recap from Part 1: A month ago, I started experiencing Internet connectivity problems with my DSL (provided by “company Q”). The problem was tracked to “signal disparity” caused by the installation of new fiber-based DSL infrastructure in my neighborhood interfering with my old style Central Office (CO) based DSL line. There is no [...]
Signal To Noise
Yeah, I know I’ve been pretty silent lately. That’s mostly because I’ve really been enjoying my time off from blogging and I like having time to do other things. But it’s also partly laziness. And it’s also because of the problems I’ve been having with my Internet connection, which have finally been [...]
Greetings From The Future
Hey, I’m back! It’s a week later and it’s a Brand New America. The Fear Mongers and the Scientifically Ignorant have been banished. Even though Barack Obama has got his work cut out for him, I think he’s the right man for the job. The next four years should be very [...]
Another Crazy Pointless Milestone Reached
Woo hoo! Today marks one complete year of daily blog postings by yours truly. I’m not sure why I set this goal for myself, but I did, and I achieved it. So pop the bubbly and party it up! I’ve posted an entry every day since Oct 30th 2007, even while [...]
“No” Man
I was surprised a few weeks ago to find a mail-in ballot in my mailbox. I remembered that the last election was mail-in only, but that this one wasn’t. I don’t remember requesting permanent mail-in status, but I guess I must’ve checked that box when I sent in that ballot last time. [...]
I Wanna Live In A Cinnimin World
Do you have a nemesis word? A relatively short word that you can just never spell correctly, no matter how many times you try? I do. I consider myself a pretty good speller, but there’s one simple word that always confounds me.
That word is cinnamon. Every single damn time I type [...]