Monday, December 29 2008 01:06:56 PM

Yesterday in Detroit there was no AT&T Internet, telephone, or cellular service because of a power failure caused by a windstorm.

Monday, December 29 2008 01:54:58 AM

For sinus congestion, wiggle your vomer bone. Alternately use fingers to firmly push the bridge of your nose and the roof of your mouth. Rock the bone back and forth for about 20 seconds.

Friday, December 26 2008 08:05:53 PM

The WPA gui interface is not necessary. After the wpa_supplicant is successfully started, the dhclient should be able to get an address.

Thursday, December 25 2008 05:18:33 PM

Steps to get the WPA supplicant working under Debian. 1) Use the passphrase to generate the section for the wpa_supplicant.conf file. 2) run the wpa_supplicant with the following command: wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -d -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf 3) run the wpa_gui program (alternative is the wpa_cli program) to start up the network connection and negotiate the encryption. 4) use the dhclient wlan0 program to get a dhcp address.

Wednesday, December 10 2008 11:13:46 AM

The house I grew up in is on Google Streetview now.

Wednesday, December 03 2008 12:43:01 PM

Bank of America is going to implement two-factor authentication. http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2008/12/bank-of-america.html. It's about time that banks start taking security seriously.

Wednesday, November 26 2008 11:35:49 AM

Something was upgraded - my speed is now 1333 kbps down and 434 kbps up.

Wednesday, November 26 2008 12:32:36 AM

Current DSL speed test scores: 1316 kbps down, 330 kbps up. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Monday, November 24 2008 03:32:45 PM

I ordered an upgrade for my DSL service. The old service was 1.5 megabits down, 320 megabits up. The new service will be 3 megabits down, and 512 megabits up, at $10 less per month. Still have 5 static IP addresses.

Monday, November 17 2008 11:55:24 PM

The new Star Trek movie is coming out next April, and already I'm concerned about it. There have been two trailers released, and there are some issues.

-The Enterprise is depicted as being constructed on the ground. It's well established that the original Constitution Class starships were constructed in Earth orbit spacedock.
-Kirk is shown driving an antique Corvette, yet in the episode "A Piece of the Action" he has a great deal of trouble operating an automobile.
-The first commander of the Enterprise is by long established tradition, not cannon, said to be Robert April. This film has no Robert April in it.
-They messed with the appearance of the Enterprise a bit too much.

The movie might still be good despite these errors and insults to tradition.

Sunday, November 16 2008 01:02:04 AM

Read this: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom#page1

Tuesday, November 04 2008 11:06:02 PM

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and I am pleased about that.