November 26, 2007

• This is interesting, thanks. The quality of the projected video in this one make your own home video projector surprised me.
• Geek report: I am posting to Mofi from my car. Mrs. TheDog is driving, we're in Western Pennsylvania, and I just this minute finished installing a Verizon wireless high speed modem. Pretty cool, eh?
• Road rage from xkcd.
• I twitch whenever anyone mentions getting internet via AirCard (or your cellular network's equivalent). For the first year I lived out here, AirCard + the SIM card from my cell phone (that's right, I had only one, and had to switch them manually) was the ONLY way I could get internet. The nearest cell tower is about five miles away in Anacortes. I get 3 bars' signal strength on a good day, which provided me with the equivalent of a 56k modem. On a bad day, it would rain heavily. I always lost connectivity when it rained. About a year ago they finally ran cable to my location. The joy of the internet AND cable TV arriving both at once were almost enough to make my withered heart burst. That being said, I can see how the AirCard (or equivalent) would be spiffy if you weren't forced to rely on it as your sole source of internet for the better part of a year. Just mind those roaming data charges, Ralph. If you accidentally roam your way onto another network, it can get pretty ugly.
• $60/month, flat fee. No extra charges.
• That's for YOUR cell service provider. If you wander outside Verizon's network and start roaming on, say, Cingular's network... big pain.