What the???

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

I was sitting quietly at my desk, still groggy from my all-night work session, when I heard a loud roar of jet engines. I ran outside to spot the jets.I went back inside, only to hear another set of jets...About 40 seconds later, this jet flew over...I stayed outside ...

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American Flag on TV

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

It's a little after 1:40am. Something reminded me of the old days (pre-cable TV) when TV stations would stop broadcasting shows around this hour. The American flag and anthem would usually play till 5am when early morning news broke the broadcast silence.

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Comcast Screws Up Then Comes Through

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Codi and I have had Comcast highspeed access for about 2 years. With no notice, our service was cancelled. It seems that a service tech turned in disconnect notes for the wrong address and they pulled the plug on us. After a while on the phone (I'm ...

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The Days of Telex!

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

I was talking with my friend Joe about telecom services when I was reminded of my early days in Russia when the Telex machine was the high-tech way of communicating. It was before Russia got fax, email, IM, etc., and it was long before 'efficiency' or 'speed' were ...

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