The Broadband Scandal

You know that broadband internet coverage in the United States sucks right? Huh – you mean you thought it was so cool that you can now get a 1.5Mbs DSL connection? Bellsouth/ATT offered you 6Mbs Extreme? Have you checked your upstream connection lately? That is why it is technically known as aDSL. The “a” stands for asymmetric – as in …

Told ya bottled water was a waste of money

I’ve been on my soapbox about this for a long time now. People want to gripe about the cost of a gallon of gasoline, which has to be drilled, refined, shipped, heavily taxed, etc. However, nobody thinks twice about paying $5 per gallon for bottled tap water. 1 liter ~ .25 gallons $1.19/liter x 4 = $4.76/gallon (approximately) Just doesn’t …