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In a few minutes, I'll be heading home to disconnect our computers and get ready to head out to Plano. We don't get Internet access in the new place until Monday (07/28/2003). So, unless we happen to find a friendly and/or clueless neighbor with WiFi access, we won't have Internet access this weekend.
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Yesterday was my mom's birthday. I called her twice during the day to wish her a happy birthday, but she wasn't home. Then, around 8:00pm my dad called me to remind me to call her. "Call back in about 30 minutes," he said. I was at work, and very busy just trying to get home [...]

16 hour work days make for a very tired Jim. Regardless of what anyone says, I'll be leaving work for lunch today, and not coming back.

I'm tired. Exhausted. I'm not really sure why. I went to bed just before midnight, and woke up just after 5am, and I didn't really do much yesterday. I'm sure it's lack of exercise that is causing my lack of energy. It's odd how that works. If you don't use any energy, you don't have [...]

Nikon is so damn smart, and yet not so smart at the same time.
They've annouced the D2H, a 4.1 megapixel Digital SLR camera. There are two exciting features. First of all, is a Nikon developed JFET Imaging sensor. Secondly, is an optional 802.11b module to allow the camera to instantly upload all images to an [...]

I've been itching to get out of my own skin lately. It just feels like life is made up of only two things: work, and doing various things to ensure that I can live another day in order to work again. I have no excitement. I have no passion. I have no ambition. And, to [...]

Fuck moving.
We're paying movers.
That's a difficult thing to do. I've never hired movers before, and I have no clue what to expect. Prices range from $50 - $85 per hour. Others charge based on WHAT they are moving, and want an itemized list up front. That becomes difficult because, if we have less than we [...]

Jess and I will be moving this Friday. We get the keys Thrusday night, and we'll probably bring over electronics and stuff in the car when we go to sign the lease. Then, on Friday, we've reserved a U-Haul. $80 for one day and 30 miles, $0.40 for each additional mile, pick up in Irving [...]

Update: Please read my second review made after having the service for about one month.
Now that I've got my packet8 phone fully functioning, I thought I'd give a review.
The call quality is excellent. The people that I've spoken to can't tell that I'm on a IP based phone at all. While the call is in [...]

Now that I have VoIP based telephone service, I've become incredibly interested in the Protocols that are used to support such a service — in my case, SIP and RTP. The fundamental problem, which is being discussed in SIP circles around the world, is NAT firewall traversal. In short, in order to establish communication between [...]