Random Musings of Brian A. Thomas. Love for Sara and Ari.
Posted in General on Sep 15th, 2006
$14,000 for a phone? No, it isn’t for some high tech phone, or even a collectible, but just an old rotary dial phone that has been leased for 42 years. The family claims the total money paid for the phone rental is $14,000. Lucent, who handles the phone rentals, says it is “about $2,000” [free [...]
Posted in General on Sep 15th, 2006
You can click the image and test your own computer’s speed on the Internet.
I took about 4 tests, and this one was in the middle of the pack. Of course with a shared connection as cable modems are, this could change at any given time.
Posted in Politics on Sep 15th, 2006
Cato Unbound has updated with two reactions to the original essay. One descanting, another supporting. The third reaction hopefully will be up soon, then the “conversation” should start. To see an idea of how this works out, see their last issue, Mexicans in America.
Meanwhile, Patrick Michaels, author of Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming [...]
Posted in TV Shows on Sep 15th, 2006
Just in case you haven’t heard, select episodes of Star Trek the original series are being remastered. They have cleaned up special effects (essentially new ones using computers but with film grain scanned in so it matches), redone the score, all to make things ready for High Definition. More details here. This isn’t a Star [...]
Imajica: Featuring New Illustrations and an Appendix by Clive Barker