➠ July 1, 2009
A Day in the Life of 3G - PC World
Useful survey of the quality of 3G cell networks in the US. Now you know that when AT&T’s ads say “America’s fastest 3G network”, you can respond under your breath “Yeah, but you only have a 68% chance of connecting”.
Confession: The only reason I’ve ever heard of Karl Malden is because of alt.fan.karl-malden.nose and the meowers. #usenet #trolls #oldfart
Posted to Twitter at 1:37 p.m.
Amazon.com: The Economist: The Kindle Store
This makes me tremendously happy — The Economist is now available as a Kindle subscription. Interestingly, it’s priced almost identically to the dead tree subscription, which is causing a rare amount of bitching in the Amazon reviews from those who don’t understand the, erm, economics of magazine production. (Clue: Adding dead-tree subscribers increases the rate you can charge advertisers. Adding advertising-free Kindle subscribers doesn’t.)
The Economist is available as a Kindle subscription! Hurrah! What frabulous, grabulous, zip-zoop-zabulous news! http://rdbgb.us/6ql
Posted to Twitter at 1:28 p.m.
It’s 4am on a weeknight.
So obviously I’m awake.
And browsing old clips of “Noel’s House Party” on YouTube.
Obviously.
Posted to Twitter at 4:14 a.m.
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