You're gone but I see a lot of you in the two girls. Gabby was 11 and Eva 7 when you came home to us. You definitely had impact on shaping the type of person they have each become. I see parts of you in both of them, And that is all good.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thank You Tim (2000-2012)
You're gone but I see a lot of you in the two girls. Gabby was 11 and Eva 7 when you came home to us. You definitely had impact on shaping the type of person they have each become. I see parts of you in both of them, And that is all good.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
DS-4 and DS-5 Lines
It's been a while since I've posted on what I've been calling the Legacy Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). My last related post was way back on December 15, 2011 titled What's a T3 Line? Today, Let's take a look at higher bit rate signals in the DS system.
DS-4 Signal
Back on December 15th, we said each DS-3 signal carries a bit rate of 44.736 Mbps. Six 44.736 Mbps digital DS-3 signals are multiplexed into one DS-4 signal. If we have six DS-3 signals per DS-4 signal and each DS-3 signal is 44.736 Mbps we can calculate:
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A Little More Context With Location Based Social Networking
I'm a pretty private person. I'm very careful about the information I provide online. When I travel I try not to give any indication I'm out of town. If I've got things to post I usually wait until I'm back home to do it. I never give out when I'm taking vacation and I don't have my birthday posted on Facebook.
By now you've probably figured out I have not been a big user of location based social networking sites. That may be changing though. Here's a pretty cool video from foursquare.
Our First #4sqVid from foursquare on Vimeo.
So, what's this stuff really about? A recent post at The Social Media Marketing Blog says it's all about context. What's context? To me, its the circumstances that form the setting for an event. For example, the same words can have completely different meaning depending on the circumstances (location, audience, environment, etc). Context is also easy access to relevant content when a user needs it. It can be as simple as where to get the best cup of coffee or finding a place to eat nearby that serves really good fried clams (one of my biggest personal weaknesses).Curating the most relevant subject knowledge, finding information that’s useful in real time. So simple and makes so much sense. It may be time to turn on my mobile device GPS radio and bring a little more context ( highly controlled of course :) into my life!
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Podcast: The Need for Speed:802.11ac – 5th Generation Gigabit WiFi
Today, Mike Qaissaunee and I recorded an 18 minute and 40 second podcast titled The Need for Speed:802.11ac – 5th Generation Gigabit WiFi.
- So, what’s the deal with this 802.11ac?
- These 802 dot whatever standards - where do they come from?
- So this 802.11ac is considered non-finalized. what does that mean?
- I seem to get interference from things like wireless home phones. I know spectrum is involved.
- So if I set my access point to run at 5GHz, will all my devices work? What do i need to understand to make it work?
- What about range? You mentioned range limitations at 5 GHz.
- Are there any ways to extend the range? I’ve heard about something called MIMO.
- You mentioned 802.11a which is pretty old. Is the use of 5 GHz new?
- When will we see 802.11ac products on the market?
- What kinds of products from Apple? What are people saying?
- What do you mean when you say potentially for the mobile devices?
You can listen in the player here:
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Facebook IPO - Huge Gain for California & Huge Loss for Massachusetts
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Monday, January 23, 2012
RIP Chris Kalaveras - Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver
Back in October of 2009 at The National Science Foundation ATE 2009 Principal Investigators Conference in Washington, DC I had the chance to talk on camera with DeAnza College students Chris Kalaveras and Paul Nguyen.
Students that attend the conference spend three days in a variety of seminars, demonstrating and sharing their work with other colleges. These students are the best of the best - it's a competitive and thorough process involving nomination by a professor and selection by a committee in Washington.
Chris and Paul were nominated and selected. At the conference they displayed and demonstrated how they were taking donated computers, fixing them up and donating them to DeAnza students. Couple of impressive young guys doing great stuff.
On Thursday Chris was killed riding his motorcycle. The driver of the car involved in the accident has been booked on felony DUI charges. Here's the obituary from the Mercury News in San Jose.
The Santa Clara County Coroner on Friday identified the motorcyclist who died Thursday (January 19, 2012) evening after a collision with an alleged drunken driver as 25-year-old Christopher Kalaveras of Santa Clara.Chris was a great kid doing great things and on track to do even greater things. Such a sad and unnecessary loss. If you get wasted - stay off the road.
Santa Clara police identified the driver as Aaron Keith Taylor, who was booked into jail on felony DUI charges.
Police said the motorcycle and another vehicle collided in a residential neighborhood near Francis and Santa Maria avenues, east of Lawrence Expressway, at 8:45 p.m. Santa Clara paramedics pronounced Kalaveras dead about 10 minutes later.
Police said it was not immediately clear if other factors, such as a slick road, could have contributed to the crash.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
In Protest of SOPA and PIPA 1/18/12
Supporters believe the bills, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.
Opponents, like myself, believe that they violate the First Amendment, is Internet censorship, will cripple the Internet, and threaten whistle-blowing and other free speech actions.
Here's a statement from Google - like many businesses, entrepreneurs and web users, we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet
I encourage you to form your own opinion. If you do agree with Google, Wikipedia and thousands of other companies, tech activists, entrepreneurs and myself - contact your congressman to tell them you're against the bills, either by calling their office, writing a letter, or sending a prepared message through http://americancensorship.org/
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