
iPhone Camera Impresses
As I wait to upgrade my iPhone to the newly released 3.0 version of the operating system (over 200 megabytes worth of download) I continue to be impressed with the camera on my iPhone 3G. The other morning I snapped this shot of Layla on our daily walk. Sometimes the effect of using a lower resolution digital camera, such as you get on a mobile phone, is almost 'painterly' in the way resolves complex images into pixels. If you click this image you will get an expanded view, which [IMHO] is still pleasing despite the lack of resolution.

Flying Launch Pad Cruises New Mexico Skies
I'm not saying all Earthlings will relocate to another planet or planets, but some will. And of course, that could make Earth a more accommodating place for those who stay behind. At some point in the future there will be humans looking back, in time and space, saying "Yep, that whole Virgin Galactic thing was a turning point." Kind of like the VIC-20 or TRaSh 80.
Sosa Sucks! The social cost of selfish sport star substance abuse
As yet another big name in baseball gets attached to substance abuse [this time it's some pumped up cheater by the name of Sammy Sosa] I remain stunned by the narrow-minded focus of the media.
Sure, some of the better sports writers wrestle with what all this means but most coverage is confined to:
I'm tempted to say screw them all, or at least numbers 2 through 4. I'm appalled that nobody seems to care a toss about what this continued abuse of "substances" means to the people who actually need these substances to stay alive (yes, you can die from adult growth hormone deficiency--see this blog post).
Why doesn't anyone write about how selfish abuse by obscenely overpaid sports-jerks has made Human Growth Hormone (HGH) harder to get for people with medical conditions who legitimately need it to function? How about...
- The fans (how will they cope with the fall of their idols?)
- The sport (will people still respect baseball and pay to watch games?)
- The team (can they win games without the suspended player?)
- The player (how will it affect his Hall of Fame chances)
I'm tempted to say screw them all, or at least numbers 2 through 4. I'm appalled that nobody seems to care a toss about what this continued abuse of "substances" means to the people who actually need these substances to stay alive (yes, you can die from adult growth hormone deficiency--see this blog post).
Why doesn't anyone write about how selfish abuse by obscenely overpaid sports-jerks has made Human Growth Hormone (HGH) harder to get for people with medical conditions who legitimately need it to function? How about...
Rural Europeans Duped by "Satellite Broadband"?
Looks like satellite Internet providers in Europe are trying to pass it off as broadband, just like in the US. Sorry guys, Einstein says you can't get latency below 234 milliseconds and you need to deliver 50 milliseconds or less to be broadband.
Top 10 Broadband » News » Satellite broadband 'to boost rural coverage'
Top 10 Broadband » News » Satellite broadband 'to boost rural coverage'
Google's Plan for Broadband
"In a filing with the FCC, Google outlined its idea for a National Broadband Plan. Google believes that all American households should have access, by 2012, to at least 5 Mbps upload and download speeds over broadband. The company submitted four proposals to help advance this vision."
Broadband Networking Regulatory News
Broadband Networking Regulatory News
Avanti UK to Develop New 50Mbps Hercules Broadband Satellite

In other words, satellite is being put forward as a way for telcos to say "we offer broadband to everyone" without having to string cable or put up radio towers to all corners of the realm. However, the publication ISPreview has very rightly raised concerns "about the use of satellite services as a USO solution...High hardware/installation costs, uselessly restrictive usage allowances, unreliable speeds and poor latency are chief among those [concerns]."
We agree. In fact we couldn't say it better than this: "To date we've yet to see a satellite broadband service that could negate most of these fears..."
The claimed download speed of the latest Avanti proposal is impressive, but until the latency and bandwidth cap issues are addressed, satellite's a non-starter in our opinion. ISPreview have just completed an interview with Avanti "where some very difficult questions were put to them" and the interview is expected to surface at the start of June.
ISPreview UK
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