Search for Nate Warner on Google, Yahoo, or MSN and natewarner.com/blog is the #1 result! It took about 1 year, but we finally made it.
This also means my pledge to keep posts relatively PG and politically correct was a smart move after all!
While in Nevada- a land with out wireless, I was inundated with wireless articles today.
IBM announced it has developed a germanium based wireless chipset that would enable transfer speeds of upto 10 times the rate we currently enjoy today. This is great news for people who want to do uncompressed streaming HD video through out their home. (article)
I was also more than slightly disturbed to read that the 2007 Federal Budget includes a tax on the short-range “un-auctined” part of the spectrum that is available for free public use. The budget estimates that these “user fees” would bring in an estimated $3.6 billion over the next decade. However, whether “user fee” refers to a fee for vendors or end users is indistinguishable.
RCR Wireless dug up the scoop so check out the whole article
Bonus!
The U.S. government now thinks it can raise an estimated $25 billion between 2007 and 2009 from auctioning off wireless spectrum–up from the original $17.2 billion estimate. Article
I feel that taxing information exchange would be detrimental to the US’s future. One of the things that enabled the tech boom was low start up costs. More variable costs on a start up is bad. Closing off the few parts of the spectrum that are still open is bad. IBM would never have put R&D money into their new wireless chip if they had to purchase the spectrum to run it. These proposals will stifle innovation and economic growth.
I have to admit I still have not seen Brokeback Mountain, but these videos were too funny not to post.
Again Pearce finds genius:
BrokeMac Mountain
And Tyler linked me to another gem:
BrokeBack to the Future
Enjoy!
I am still hanging around Helena- the trouble is I actually like it here (except the job situation)
Heading to Butte this weekend for a racquetball tournament aka. drinking tons of beer while doing physical activity.
Happy Birthday to Ernie who is turning the perfect cube (3^3)
I just got all my blogs loaded on to a new RSS reader NetNewsWire- it rocks I highly suggest it for any mac users (as well as MarsEdit for blog posting)
I have been poking around a new beta Newsvine.com. It combines AP news and user reccomended stories. I like how it blends mass media with more underground/less well known stories. You can even write you own blog/column/reccomended reads page for free and get paid ad revenue depending how popular your commentary is. Leave a comment and I will send you an invite for the beta.
I am selling my 1984 Jeep Cherokee for $1200. Let me know- I will give you the blog discount.
I just got a new pair of Oakely sunglasses from Big Sky Boards. I love em so much I am wearing them in the house, while writing this entry.