Cap'n Arbyte's BlogProcapitalist blogging with a swashbuckling sense of humor.FiOS TV First Impressions- June 15, 2008 I switched one week ago from Echostar Dish Network to Verizon FiOS TV. Here are my thoughts after the first week of service. The most important thing to say is that the picture quality is noticeably better with FiOS TV than Dish Network. Much less loss in the compression. That was the most important factor for me in switching, so I score myself happy. I also prefer the FiOS system's way of setting up and managing scheduled recordings. The search feature in particular is much better than...http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/06/FiOS_TV_Impressions.html Cedar Rapids Flooding- June 13, 2008 This isn't my usual writing fare, but so many people are wondering how my family is doing that I think pointing them to the blog makes more sense than writing a bunch of similar e-mails. I grew up in (and my parents still live in) Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Due to the recent series of storms in the midwest, the Cedar River running through the center of town is flooding. Here's a live river level chart. The large gap in the data is because the gague was lost and had to be replaced. …http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/06/Cedar_Rapids_Flooding.html One Man With a Gun- June 8, 2008 Could have stopped this: The violence began when he crashed a rented, two-ton truck into pedestrians. Kato jumped out and began stabbing the people he'd knocked down with the truck, then turned on horrified onlookers, police said. Police confirmed seven deaths — six men and one woman — but they could not say whether the victims had died of injuries from the truck or were stabbed to death. …http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/06/With_A_Gun.html |