http://www.functionalgeek.com My New Long-Term Memory Bank Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:14:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, maybe not all, but some fine folks have set up a collaborative project to inform interested parties in the developing world about wireless networking and how they can plan and build cost-effective telco infrastructures. I would guess that the lion's share of their efforts have gone into the ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=32 The news over the past few weeks has been rife with alarming articles and snippets about the imminent shutdown of BlackBerry service in ths US. Of course, the catch is that it's not that cut and dried... there will be a ruling on February 24th in which NTP will ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=31 So... The end of the semester is fast approaching, and my blogging has been a bit slow. In order to maintain a little "freshness," I thought I'd post a roundup of links to my NWC articles, including the most recent one. Analyze This... WLAN BlackBerries and Treos and iPaqs, Oh ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=30 Came across this interesting article tonight (while avoiding my homework) on the economics of buying a hybrid versus buying a different vehicle... Sure, sure, hybrids use less gass, which is an important savings in this day and age of high gas prices. But does that savings really ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=29 Okay, so not a permanent new toy, but I had the opportunity to play with the BlackBerry 8700c last week. I worked with the BB 7290 for the NWC mobile messaging review, but it was neat to get a chance to work with one of the newest additions to ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=28 I am afflicted with a common problem amongst techies and owners of many little electronic gadgets... I'd really like to be able to synchronize information among all of the devices. For me, this is especially crucial for my PIM data - I like having ready access to contacts, ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=27 If you haven't seen Serenity, DO IT! Okay, now that you've done that, go read the synopsis at 0XDECAFBAD... It's a great summary of many of the points that made Serenity so great! http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=26 The fine folk at NCsoft and Cryptic Studios must be getting closer to a full-fledged City of Villains product; this past week they opened the CoV beta to a wider audience of existing City of Heroes gamers. And... yours truly was lucky enough to be selected to join the ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=25 My poor blog has been sitting neglected for far too long. I'm not going to bore you with the usual excuses of why I haven't been updating... at least not in this post. Maybe later. Instead, I want to share a bit of personal tech news. Last week, ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=24 WLAN architecture debates remind me a lot of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz... but the issue isn't "if they only had a brain." The issue is where do they put those brains. Many companies, such as Cisco, have opted for a distributed intelligence, with a ... http://www.functionalgeek.com/?p=23