Misc. Ramblings

The need for speed. This story from MSNBC (see it here) seems to confirm what I've been saying about the relative speeds between cable modems and DSL. The report indicates cable modems are about two times faster than DSL (which is about what I got when I last tested the difference between RoadRunner and Verizon ADSL locally).

Unfortunately, the report says nothing about reliability of such service. For me, RoadRunner seems unavailable on at least a weekly basis and sometimes on a daily basis. So much so that I am seriously thinking of terminating RoadRunner. But before I do that, I want to see how Verizon does on a long-term basis. So I'll keep both for at least six months and see which is more reliable.

The search for the perfect PIM continues. Just out of the blocks is Chandler ver. 0.1 (see it here). Chandler is an OpenSource alternative personal information manager. Since it's just in its 0.1 release, it has a long way to go. But you may want to monitor it as it proceeds down the path to enlightenment.

Speaking of alpha code, it was 10 years ago yesterday that a group of students at the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications started development of the Mosaic web browser. Read the story here about what hath Andreessen wrought.

Don't be surprised if you download a patch from Microsoft for Windows XP and find your PC drops to a crawl after you install said patch. This report here says MS is investigating but has not received widespread complaints.

We have about a week more before the first draft of our last paper is due so it is heads down for me. I will try to post as I am able but I can't say when that may be. Until then, feel free to check out the other Daynoters.

Aloha!