June 2008 - Posts

The Future Bill Gates
Lots of news this week about Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft , but most people don't realize how un-Bill and un-Microsoft it is to spend time reflecting on the past, so the goodbye meeting I went to on Friday morning was a little out-of-character. ( Read More...
Posted 28 June 08 07:35 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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My new Tilt
After many years as a Treo user , my battery finally died and I was faced with a choice: get a new battery (for something like $50) or buy a brand new phone. Talk about an easy decision! So which one to get? First, I had to choose a carrier. I've been Read More...
Posted 18 June 08 08:11 by sprague | 0 Comments   
I want Hi-fi phone calls
Once you've spoken with your young son or daughter on a wide-band telephony connection, you'll never want to go back to your old POTS (Plain Old Telephony Service) phone line again. Children have such high pitched voices that the upper frequencies get Read More...
Posted 05 June 08 03:07 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Tinkering and plunging
I admit that I'm often more of a tinkerer than a plunger when it comes to new technologies like Facebook, Twitter, blogging, and [insert your favorite web2.0 example]. I'm a tinkerer because I sign up for just about anything new that comes along, especially Read More...
Posted 04 June 08 06:17 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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