Just a sign of the times.
Jul 192010
So it looks like Apple was warned about the possible antenna problems and dropped calls. Now keep in mind this is just has been reported and we are not 100% sure if it is true. If it is, I would say Apple owes it to the people that bought one of these devices an refund, exchange or repair. My one concern is that this could cost Apple a ton of money and a PR hit. I for one can’t wait to see how handles its self here. It could prove they are truly a great company or that they just want your money. Come on Apple don’t let us down.
Senior Apple Engineer Warned Steve Jobs About Possible iPhone 4 Antenna Issues by Robin Wauters at Techcrunch
Jul 142010
I was reading Reddit.com and came across a blog post from a guy who has come up with some concepts for a new HTC phone. I really love this design and it will kill the iPhone. I mean really! This thing is beautiful!
BP has been able to place the cap on the oil spill, but it is not over yet. Looks like plenty of work will still need to be done to ensure this environmental disaster is contained.
“People feel very good about what we accomplished in the last couple days,” Wells said. “But the job is not over.”
New well cap to get ‘integrity testing’ at CNN
Jul 132010
To me this is the core of what it is being an American. He is wealthy beyond words and intelligent beyond all else. He understands the roll he was he plays in this world and wants to make an impact. This is just one of many great sayings that can be attributed to the man.
Over at Ars Technica they are running an article about how the current US broadband plan still will leave the USA as a second tier country as it relates to internet access. I agree for the most part that this is unacceptable, but I understand the challenges.
First of all we have a very large country as it relates to land mass. This means it takes far more infrastructure and at a higher cost to provide access. Companies have not been properly motivated to roll out the fast access since they are driven by profit and can lock people into contracts. This allows them to be slow in rolling out access since they know that people can not change companies for a few months or even a couple of years.
They can also play the money card with regulators. They can easily claim that they simply don’t have money to spend on the infrastructure or that spending it will put the company under undo stress financially. While I don’t agree with most government regulations and I think they government should have a limited roll in business if any at all. This is one area I am for the government laying down mandates. Doing so will allow US kids to have access to cheap fast broadband access that will encourage learning and development. It will also help draw the greatest minds from around the world since we will have the internet infrastructure to allow them to do research with ease.
Now that leaves the question of what we should be shooting for by 2020? Well I would think that 10Gbps synchronous or asynchronous would be a good start. I would also like to see our cell networks capable of 1Gbps by 2012! I am not really confident that either will happen or that law makers really care. I just know somethings needs to be done.
FCC broadband plan will put US in “secound tier of countries” by Nate Anderson at Ars Technica
Jul 082010
Aparently the encryption used to prevent third party clients from connecting to Skype has been broken. The site that hosted the original post seems to be down, but you can find it in Google Cache. There also seems to be a directory up with the code you can read for yourself.
Here is my take on this. Skype has done a really good job of protecting this cypher so I can’t knock them for using obscurity. But this does prove a point. Even with the best obscurity you can’t keep something hidden forever. Now the real key is going to be how well Skype responds to the breach.
Meanwhile I will be reading the code 
Skype’s Innermost Security Layers Claimed To Be Reverse Engineeered by Robin Wauters at TechCrunch
Jun 292010
“You can’t control all outside effluences in your life, but you can control how you react to them.”
“When you feel at your lowest don’t take actions that will ensure you stat at the bottom.’