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Cablevision called back!

Mar

22

2007

Finally, Cablevision called me back! Woo hoo! And the super helpful, if not interrupt prone, David turned my bandwidth on again. Apparently, sustained uploads and high levels of contention on the Cablevision network devices will cause this to cap happen. So, they can’t tell me how much I can use the Internet before this problem ...

Cablevision Optimum Online have capped my Broadband Internet Service 2

Mar

21

2007

I’ve been out of town for the last ten days-or-so. I returned to find that my usually zippy broadband Internet service with Cablevision’s Optimum Online (not Boost) was running at a little less than I remembered. In the past, I’ve has speeds over 10mbps down and 2-3mbps up. Very nice. (test your connection here thanks ...

Goodbye Austin

Mar

14

2007

I’ll miss your thunderstorms, your bats, your birdsong, your kickass BBQ, your gut wrenchingly delicious texmex, and your not-so-famous avocado margaritas. see you next year! Share this:

SXSW: Spore. I want. 1

Mar

13

2007

Will Wright demo’ed his new game Spore today. Its the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen on a computer. Like everyone else in the room, I want it. Imagine being able to walk through the wardrobe every day of your life. On your laptop. Amazing. EDIT: Here’s the link. This was originally sent from my ...

Will Wright rocks an XPS

Mar

13

2007

I’m chilling in a thundery Austin Hilton ballroom waiting for Will Wright, father of all real things virtual (he’s Mr The Sims). Its thundering and pouring outside, so I’m glad to be in hee. Someone has just left the board game Domination on the podium for Will, presumably as tribute to the God of virt. ...

SXSW: Dan Rather? Yes, Dan Rather.

Mar

12

2007

The esteemed Mr Rather spoke to us today about history, news, his transition to HDNet, where he gets MacNeil-Lehrer-esque latitude to report what he wants, how he wants. While I love HDNet, I haven’t seen Dan’s show yet, so I can’t comment on it. I need to setup the Tivo with it ASAP. It is ...

SXSW Continues

Mar

11

2007

We flew from NY to Austin with Paul Rudd, and I just bumped into him again in the convention center. Small hands. It was a rough morning. Once again, I had too many free beers and margaritas. If you’re ever in Austin, don’t miss a meal at Guero’s. Even if it did make me puke ...

nicogel and big boobie girls in tent at brush park at sxsw

Mar

10

2007

So, in the free beer tent here at sxsw we have some booth babes giving away Nicogel. Its a product you rub on your hands for times (otto) when you can’t smoke (on a plane, in a conference) The girls are hot with requisite hot young bods. And suspenders. The product is interesting. Its supposed ...

SXSW continues to rock 1

Mar

10

2007

Some good sessions. Some not so good. Kathy Sierra was much more insightful than I expected, and hugely more useful (albeit less trendy) than last year’s keynote (wasnt it craig of the list and jimmy of the wiki?) I found it to be the most useful session I’ve ever had here, and think ill try ...

Spring Break for Geeks: South by Southwest

Mar

10

2007

South by Southwest has begun. Last night we drank free beers on the roof at Six, then it was off for some late night grub and cheap drinks at the always cheesy Chuy’s. And now I’m off to listen to Peter Rojas (one of my favorite gadget guys) talk about Emerging Social and Technology Trends. ...