BurningbirdI had forgotten to apply the MAC filter and once having done so, the machine called ‘Chris’ is history. I own the air, the bandwidth is mine. All mine. Speaking of connectivity, I was rather amazed to see that Google has hired Vint Cerf. If you’re not familiar with the name, he is literally the father […]
There’s a link going round to a story by a couple of emergency medical workers who survived Katrina, but only after suffering deception and unimaginable hardship. (Another related story.) It’s a horrid story of thousands of people trapped in New Orleans because outlying townships would not let them cross over the bridges into their communities. I’ve heard people […]
I’ve been fighting a real battle the last two weeks to get and hold a stable internet connection. I thought at first it was the cable connection, but that doesn’t seem to be the problem. With university starting and all new neighbors, I think that my wide open wireless router has been getting several customers, […]
The Missouri State Attorney General has filed suit against the holder of web sites such as katrinafamilies.com for not disclosing that the person, Frank Weltner, is a known white supremacist. In fact, you may remember Weltner from another site he owns: jewwatch.com. He is not typical of Missouri, but we sure seem to attract them here. It is a […]
Everyone should have a Jan Sundberg. A nice bit of normalcy did rear it’s head — I’ve had my annual, “F**k you!” from Jan Sundberg. Ever since I first published my four-part articles on the giant squid and cryptozoology and mentioned his rather, shall we say, ‘dubious’ adventures, I’ve had an email once a year, […]