2009 February » foyleman

wtf cable part ii – update: 03-10-09

Feb 282009

My cable speeds are showing serious signs of degridation… again. I’ve had the cable technician here twice in about 2 months and each time they replace something and tell me it’s fixed. It appears fixed and then this happens.. my upload speed practically comes to a halt.

I’m concerned about doing tomorrow’s MODSonair show with such slow speeds. Sadly I couldn’t get another technician here until after the show airs.

UPDATE: 03-10-09

Still, things are not working well here at the foyle-stead. My upload speed is just not what it should be with number ranging from 180kbps to 450kbps to 4mbps (which is is where it should stay.. not just visit).

The last cable guy that came over to “fix” the problem told me there were just too many people and there were trucks in the neighborhood fixing it. I see no trucks and it ain’t fixed.

I wish Verizon would get Fios on this street already. :/

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how about a book without the face

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Feb 012009

I enjoy how I can connect with friends on Facebook. Yeah, it cool that old friends from school can find you and you can reconnect to see what’s going on. However, all those requests to “Send a Fish”, “Beer Request”, “Blue Cove”, “Pillow Fight”, blah blah blah… it’s quite annoying.

So I’m thinking to myself… wouldn’t it be cool to have the same thing as facebook, without all that nonesense. Then take it a step further and allow people the option to download and install this new version of facebook on their own server so they can expand it further than the free version. It’s kind of a cross between facebook and wordpress. The big difference is that when you post on a friends page or visa versa, that act is posted on your site as well… like facebook. So you start developing this personal community of friends where people can see who you know and how you all connect.

Like it or no?

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