Sunday/Monday our Verizon FIOS stopped working as did our Verizon telephone (via FIOS.) I went through the MY FIOS troubleshooter (it solved my problems once). A few calls to Verizon later we had a repair scheduled for Thursday – 4 days later. This presented a problem, currently, we have 4 people, all with jobs, living …
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Still Here
Amusingly, (amazingly?) tell 1and1 to update my wordpress and BOOM-my ancient blog is back in it’s minimalist glory. Since the last time I touched it my kids are taller and both are better programmers and web designers then I (https://sam.daitzman.com, http://jdtzmn.github.io). Anyway, nice that the blog is sort of back :-). -Michael
Android = Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (11 August 1993) (Long)
If you are old enough to remembrer Windows for Workgroups 3.11 you probably remember it fondly. It connected to the internet (14,4000 for the lucky, 28,800 or faster for the incredibly lucky!) and rarely crashed if you knew what you were doing. Stable, but just barely. A phone should not require a nightly reboot as …
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Delight Me!
I am a Sprint Telephone customer and, unlike some of their customers, I am happy with them. I first purchased a Treo 600 many years ago, along with their insurance. Sprint has regularly upgraded me, for no additional fee, every few years so that I now have a Treo 700p. When problems arise they have …
The Quality Path
Whenever I head off on a car trip of over 30 minutes, without my children or wife in the car, I call Ed. The longer the car trip the better because every conversation is too short. Ed is the kind of guy who, in the same discussion, says things like, “You know I think the …
VOIP/SIP as a business phone
Vonage monthly cost for a telephone line: $24.95 SIPPHONE costs: however many calls I make plus $0.33 for caller id. Way better deal. Even once Grandcentral starts charging (expect $15 a month) this is still a good deal. SIPHONE Minutes for outbound calls: $0.02 cents a minutes PAP2T ATA for dialtone: $59.95 Inbound calls via …
VOIP/VONAGE and NetGear FVS124G
Whether the FVS124g gigabit VPN router is a good piece of equipment or not I leave for another day. But, if you want it to work with Vonage you must do the following (thanks to Netgear Enterprise post moderator endurorider – used with permission) endurorider Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 35 Re: Peaceful Coexistence …
What Motivates Me?
Right now I am doing some consulting, helping folks improve their software development process, setting up a company so I can charge a fair price for helping them, and preparing myself for what is next – while trying to figure out what that is! What motivates you? Given Alternative options how do you decide what …
Welcome!
To my new blog. I’ve had one off and on for a few years. Usually in a private spot, not a public one. I used it for thinking. Now I’m playing with it again in a more public way. So, welcome :-).