Archive for the 'Cool' Category

Tethering with Verizon

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Chris Meller
on October 5, 2006
in Commentary, Cool, Daily Grind, Follow Up, Internet and Techno-Babble
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Hot on the heals of my last post is the news that you can now tether Verizon phones with your laptop1.

Sure you have to pay $60 extra a month for it, and it still doesn’t work with the Treo, but it’s a step in the right direction, right?

If only I could justify it… Ohhh if only!

  1. Meaning you can use it as a modem when you’re on the go. [back]

How To Fly Without ID

Published
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Chris Meller
on September 21, 2006
in Commentary, Cool, Daily Grind, Freedom of Speech, Government, Internet, Legal, Links, Questions and Random
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I just stumbled upon this story today, about How To Fly Without ID. Since I’m more-or-less anti-government intrusion (yes, Google tracking my life is still fine) into my life, it caught my interest.

Now, since the only time I ever fly is on the way to or from a great vacation, I’m usually not in a hurry to miss all my connecting flights over refusing (however legally) to provide my driver’s license. Still, in the event that I ever get to travel for business again, it would be an interesting test (particularly if I wasn’t in a hurry to make it to my destination).

Anyone else out there flown recently and decided to decline to provide identification? I’d be particularly interested to hear opinions on the matter from other people who have gone through it…

Update: Dugg here and here.

Three Months of Porn!

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Chris Meller
on September 20, 2006
in Cool, Daily Grind, Internet and Techno-Babble
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I just got home and saw that Giganews has upped their binary retention to 90 days. That’s really cool news indeed!

I switched to Giganews1 earlier this year because they offered 70 days of retention (whereas my old provider was around 30 days), and to hear that they’re upping their storage once again is particularly nice. I agree that their unlimited service is a tad on the pricey side, but if this is the kind of rock-solid and remarkable service you get, I’ll gladly shell out for it every month.

  1. That’s a referral link. I believe I get $5 if you hang with them for 90 days. [back]