Long Distance – Part 6
There are many tumultous issues ahead for "long distance". Not the least of which is that the term "long" won’t mean anything. Hard to believe, but years ago, when the phone rang from Aunt Sally calling from thousands of miles away, the whole house would turn silent. "Quiet", people would say, "I am on long […]
Remember When? – Part 2
It didn’t seem possible, but the fortieth reunion for the Class of 1963 of Salem High School in Salem, New Jersey acutally happened. As promised in the prior story, I have used OCR scanning to capture the "Remember When" snippets that were part of the program bulletin. Nothing about WiFi or blogging but I hope […]
Long Distance – Part 5
There has been a lot of interest and feedback from readers about the recent patrickWeb stories about "long distance". Most are saying, "where can I get it?", but 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 […]
Linux on the Desktop – Part 1
The introduction of the new version of Microsoft Office has me thinking a lot about Linux for my desktop. Microsoft has performed many technical fetes in their software. Many of the features in Windows XP and Office are impressive and many are even intuitive and easy to use. However, many features are not intuitive or […]
Do You Remember When?
It doesn’t seem possible, but this weekend marked the fortieth reunion for the Class of 1963 of Salem High School in Salem, New Jersey. It was really nice to see my former classmates and renew fond memories of our shared past. Salem is a rural area of southern New Jersey and the high school is […]