That traffic-encrypting ISPs are an exception is like admitting we expect the USPS and FedEx to go through our mail.
Fame Us
Paulson Real Estate Recovery Fund
Control Yourself
John continues…
Gold Foil
It’s iPad Not wePad
Top 9 Nouns for a Group of Animals
- an apocalypse of snakes
- a pot of water buffalos
- a tower of giraffes
- a boil of hawks
- a sneak of weasels
- a cabinet of yaks
- a smack of jellyfish
- a cream of turkeys
- a bale of turtles
Culled from Wikipedia’s List of Animal Names
Comfortable
Garrick’s Top 4 Favorite Tech Gadgets
In the ‘machine shop’ in the basement – I don’t have many tools. Even fewer of any quality. Even so, there are 2 screwdrivers that I’ve had for decades . These 2 screwdrivers have never let me down – whatever I ask of them.
My accumulation of computer gadgets is similar. Despite the volume of technology in my house – only a small fraction of it is ready for service – day in and day out.
- Leica Digilux 1
Purchased in 2002 for ~$850
All through high school & college, I had the same workhorse Pentax SLR. Photography class after photography class it never let me down. I loved that camera. Still do. When I saw the Digilux 1, I knew it’d be a worthy digital replacement. And it has been. Just used it again today. It goes from point-n-shoot to completely manual in seconds. The lens is fantastic and the shutter speed still astounds me a decade later. I still get great joy out of setting up the shot, holding down the button, and finding the best shot out of the 50 it takes in a few seconds. - Apple Airport Express
Purchased ~2004 for ~$100
This one Airport Express has extended the range of the (many times replaced) main router for 6 years and two houses. It does great work. It never complains (unlike the main router). - Amazon Kindle 2
Received as a Gift ~2008
The Kindle’s such an understated device. Quiet. Patient. Amazing battery life. While I only read on it a couple times a month. It’s always there. Read to server on a moment’s notice. Just like any one of my printed books. - Virgin Mobile MiFi
Purchased in 2010 for $150
It’s so comforting to know that a fast, reliable, 3-hour internet connection is always available – for whatever device I’m using at the time. I keep the MiFi in my bag – and don’t worry about its remaining battery (charges off USB) or if my $40/month has run out. Both can be resolved in seconds after I turn it on.
De-silo-fy
“The risk to the ’Web is not so much that open standards become extinct, such as RSS, but that more and more creativity, energy, and money goes into developing stylish, easy-to-use, incompatible silos.” – via Kroc Camen, translated from Streit um Internet-Nutzung: Komfort schlägt Freiheit