A Driving Desire

My desire is to be safe and live a long enjoyable life. One of the biggest risks to that is driving an automobile. Yeah, I have a VW GTI so I enjoy driving and the car (or is it me) likes to perform.

I was exceeding a posted (speed trap) 35 mph speed limit awhile back. I [...]

Ten-Tec Service

I had the opportunity to experience the in warranty service on my Ten-Tec Omni  VII amateur radio transceiver. It is their model number 588AT and retails for nearly $3K USD. For that kind of money it’s nice to know the Omni VII was still in warranty.

The problem was rather strange. The power switch on the front [...]

My Thoughts on the iPad

The iPad bashing has begun. Everyone (exaggeration) is trying to figure out what it is. Steve Jobs tells you what it is if you are geeky enough to watch the release at Apple.com and non geek enough to listen. But the geeksters are not listening. At least not the ones I have been reading for the [...]

Salute to FedEx

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Funny, I always thought FedEx was one of the better shipping companies. If you think so, take a close look at the pictures. Now I don’t know how it happened. All I can do is show the world the end result.

Clever how the package handler tried to zero in [...]

Facebook (part 2)

I have been playing with Facebook  (FB) for about two months now. I have developed mixed feelings about the so called networking service.

First I never trust anything free. There is always a reason for something like this to be given away. This holds for other networking services such as LinkedIn and all the rest of its [...]