Where’s the Date, Man?

Enough with the calculated time spans already. It seems like more and more blogs and discussion posts are going towards the format “Written x days/weeks/years ago” rather than specifying an …

How DSL Works

I’ve been working with my ISP and local telco trying to resolve DSL speed issues. In so doing, I’m researching terms like DSLAM, ATM, Redback, etc.  Best explanation so far: …

Good-Bye Android

I bought an AT&T Samsung Captivate in November 2010 and used it for almost three months. I finally gave up on Samsung and Android and returned the phone yesterday.

Airport Out of Virtual Memory

Racing through the Colorado Springs (COS) airport yesterday, I just had to stop and snap this picture of the Arrivals screen:   Sure enough, a common Windows error: Fortunately I …

The Way We Were, 1977 to 1984

Today as I was pondering some modern architectural paradigms, I got to thinking about my procedural programming roots, which led me down memory lane to my early computing days. Basement …