Long Distance – 2

There is a lot of feedback from readers about the last few stories where I discussed “long distance”. Some are saying, “yeah verily”, others are saying “not so fast”. This is understandable given that we are beginning to go through a very disruptive period with regard to telephony. We are 5% of the way into […]

Long Distance

What is "long distance"? I would define a long distance as something that takes a long time to cover; e.g. flying to Singapore requires going a long distance. It takes more than 24 hours to get there. When it comes to telecommunications, however, the term "long distance" has little meaning. Packets of ones and zeroes […]

Rolling Thunder

This story isn’t about WiFi, blogging, or The Future Of The Internet. Although, these are the things I like to write about because of the huge impact they are having on both our business and personal lives, it is also fun to write about music, motorcycles, hiking, and other things. This particular story is a […]

The Mighty Kickstand Spring

While getting off Interstate 81 to enter the rest area, I hit a huge pothole. The bike bottomed out and the impact bent the kickstand spring. What ensued in the next five minutes and over the next two days was characteristic of this group of motorcycle riders. They are a very caring bunch of people […]

Interim Report

This has been an exciting week so far. It is too late to record it all tonight so I’ll be writing more about all this later in the week. The journey began at 6:45 am on Sunday with a motorcycle ride in the rain to Nuangola, Pennsylvania to meet up with 26 other riders and […]