Madness of last week

So last week I was sitting at work and I was trying to focus on making myself care enough to get something done. I was finding it difficult however because one of the first things to happen when I got into work was to have my co-workers start commenting and complaining about a problem with a build that should never have happened. It was such a simple thing that people had repeatedly pointed out, so to have it actually happen anyway stopped me short.

Next it was to hear about the Somalian Pirates that have hijacked yet another ship over by Somalia that nobody will put the kind of effort into stopping that they should. Then you hear about Obama not following through with the transparency of government promise where Warrantless Wiretapping is concerned. Not only preventing the lawsuits that are trying to punish those who stepped on our Liberties during the Bush Administration, but helping to protect the people like Cheney as well.

I’m nervous where this is all heading. Between Daytraders who don’t understand the concern of long term investment (Here is good information on the whole process including some sound Predictions and suggestions) to Political face offs that are preventing anything useful from being put into place. I can’t help but be concerned where we are going to find outselves in the next few years.

ISP Wars, the Continuing Saga pt3

And so the battle continues. My day at home comes. I’m told that the technician will arrive sometime between 8am and 5pm so I need to be there. After informing my employers that I’ll be out I proceed to sit down and wait. I work on unpacking a small bit and I play a little bit on my offline computer. Mostly I just waste time and plan out what I’ll take care of when the technician finishes. I assume I won’t see him until 5:00pm because most times that is just how it works out. Hours roll buy and I have no sign from the technician. I’ve had bad experiences with scheduled appointments never making it to the schedule so I call the group about now, spend another hour on hold and double check that I am indeed scheduled to have a technician come by today. Fantastic.

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ISP Wars, the Continuing Saga pt2.

Most of us in this day and age spend a considerable amount of time online. Shopping, socializing, and researching to name a few activities. It has become a cornerstone of American society in many ways. With this fact being true, I find it curious how in a major city it can be so difficult for someone to get their service
installed. For example, this post took several days to finally get posted here. I actually wrote it several weeks ago, but was unable to post it because I have moved across country to the Chicago Suburbs and find myself fighting tooth and nail to get my Internet installed. Not only is there a limited selection of technologies to use, most of which are what would be considered first generation broadband technology. But when I finally decided upon a service, it has been a nightmare just to get it activated.

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