Archive for: February 2006

I just saw the Cingular 8125 online. It looks like a fairly cool phone, since it is Quad-band GSM, Bluetooth/WiFi enabled, and has a full QWERTY keyboard. It runs Windows Mobile, though, which I have to admit …

I had a nice chat with Carolyn Schuk, who occasionally writes for voxilla.com, but also had a story published in the San Jose Business Journal about EV-DO and how it represents a huge step-up from WiFi hot-spots, mostly in …

Today is the day my wife’s number got ported to T-Mobile. I ended up doing it a day later than I wanted to, but it was so late by the time I got to it that it was basically the …

The main reason to have a mobile phone is that it works where you are. If it doesn’t work where you are, what’s the point of having a mobile phone? Of course no carrier has perfect coverage everywhere, but it …

RSDevs has come up with a software product that makes Skype speak SIP. Basically, you run Skype and this gateway software on a PC, and it will relay messages betweek Skype and SIP (or H.323, if you so desire). …

Power got restored to my humble abode earlier this afternoon. Can’t tell you how happy that makes me. I wasn’t looking forward to sleeping somewhere else for another night, especially given how well I slept the previous night in the …

Due to the lack of power at our house, which causes a lack of heat, we’re staying the evening at a local hotel. My son is staying with a friend, so it’s just my daughter, my wife and I.

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Things could be interesting for a few days. This morning, a huge windstorm hit Western Washington. Puget Sound Energy estimated that 140,000 people are without power. There are probably more than that since there are several power companies in the

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A funny thing happened when I attempted to log into Cingular's Online Account Management (OLAM) today. It didn't recognize me any more. Tried one number, it failed. Tried my other number, it too failed. Tried my wife's number, and that …

Last week, I had an ephiphany about what I wanted to do. Today I took some steps to try and turn this keyboard pounding into something that makes money, gives me a little fame, or both. I “applied” to …