Stuff from 16 January, 2006
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 16 January, 2006.
Peacherine Rag
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 16 January, 2006.
If you jump over the dead trees, you will light them on fire. I learned that from SkiFree.
Chuck Norris Facts - It was time to finally link the official page.
Why oh why oh why is there not just one simple little feature for cell phones: a skip-to-leave-a-voicemail function/key sequence? Lovely as my girlfriend’s voice is, I already know she is going to tell me to leave a message and that she will get back to me. I already know she is not available. And goodness, I already know (if I’m listening to a Verizon-serviced phone) how to leave a voicemail. Is this a money-making move? I suspect it is. Keeping customers on the phone longer (the call begins when voicemail picks up) allows phone companies to make good money in very small increments. Consider this: Cingular features a direct to web button on most of their phones which, if pushed, almost always transfers web data before the user can mash enough buttons to stop the transfer (or in my case, try to rip the battery out) before charges are incurred.
The devil is in the details for the consumers, fighting large telephone companies making millions by charging customers cents. These annoyances are stupid, but when the realization that massively distributed WiFi has the potential to disrupt even mighty wireless telecom (especially in cities), perhaps users will see cell service improve. Looking at the bigger picture, perhaps voicemails as we know them will simply cease to exist. Maybe all those calls saying “I’m 10 minutes from X” will yield to a live network reporting user’s positions to selected other users. Wireless technology still could make our lives easier, less swamped with work, and more relaxed. Until them, I’ll be mashing buttons trying to disconnect my accidental and costly web connections.
Oh man. SkiFree, the best game ever for old Windows computers.
Download it and play on Windows XP:
Read about it at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree
Thanks for reminding me of this old gem, Richard. Wow, I loved that game.
Huge drink recipe repository - Extremely well designed, and tagged for your convenience. Good resource for when I turn 21.