I guess it’s not really a review, but more a celebration. I have broadband!
I got it through Teton Wireless, and I have to say, I’m quite impressed so far. I had some pretty specific installation requirements, and the tech worked hard to make me happy. He even redid the ends on some of the cables a friend and I ran for my DirecTV installation and made sure I could use both my DirecTV and their basic cable on my living room TV. I was hoping to keep both at my computer, but the technology won’t allow for that, or so I’m told.
In any case, after part of one day, my conclusion is: Teton Wireless: good; broadband: great! Hopefully that opinion holds!
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
Cory's Spot: Weekly Columns: Reviews, Politics, and LDS Culture
It’s been quite the long time since I last posted here. Considering that it’s my blog, that’s probably not such a good thing.
For the moment, I’d simply like to direct my readers’ (or is that reader’s?) attention to a few columns I make point to check out every week. All are accessible from www.hatrack.com, which is author Orson Scott Card’s website. The first two are by him and the latest of each is accessible from the left sidebar, and the third is simply linked to from his site, at the bottom of the "other sites published by Orson Scott Card" section.
"Uncle Orson Reviews Everything" is as close as anything to the direct inspiration for my own blog. Every week, Card writes on a variety of different topics, giving his own opinion on each. The most common topics are movies and books, though restaurants, socks (yes, the kind one wears on one’s feet), and all kinds of other things have come up.
"World Watch" is akin to the blogs from my friends Nick Speth and Tara Rowe. Card discusses political happenings of the week and lends his two cents. A self-proclaimed moderate Democrat who strongly supports Bush as opposed to Kerry, most due to their stances on the war on terrorism and on the way each is likely to follow through on our current involvement, Card often hits the nail squarely on the head, IMHO.
Finally, "The Back Bench" is written by Aaron Johnston. Johnston is LDS and his column is written from that perspective for an LDS audience. As a member of the target audience, I often find myself amused by his approach to various topics – he’s not so overly pious that he can’t joke around a bit, yet he never lets it get out of hand.
I can’t promise that I’ll suddenly reform myself and write as regularly as I’d like to, but I’ll definitely be making the effort to keep the time between posts significantly shorter than it has been this time. Should another unannounced and unearned sabbatical come upon me, check out Card and Johnston’s columns and rest easy, knowing that there’s better stuff out there anyway.
By the way, I was informed this morning that my fellow blogger, Tara Rowe has decided to mention me in her latest blog. Sorry, Tara, that this isn’t about Morgan Freeman, but that one may still come.
For the moment, I’d simply like to direct my readers’ (or is that reader’s?) attention to a few columns I make point to check out every week. All are accessible from www.hatrack.com, which is author Orson Scott Card’s website. The first two are by him and the latest of each is accessible from the left sidebar, and the third is simply linked to from his site, at the bottom of the "other sites published by Orson Scott Card" section.
"Uncle Orson Reviews Everything" is as close as anything to the direct inspiration for my own blog. Every week, Card writes on a variety of different topics, giving his own opinion on each. The most common topics are movies and books, though restaurants, socks (yes, the kind one wears on one’s feet), and all kinds of other things have come up.
"World Watch" is akin to the blogs from my friends Nick Speth and Tara Rowe. Card discusses political happenings of the week and lends his two cents. A self-proclaimed moderate Democrat who strongly supports Bush as opposed to Kerry, most due to their stances on the war on terrorism and on the way each is likely to follow through on our current involvement, Card often hits the nail squarely on the head, IMHO.
Finally, "The Back Bench" is written by Aaron Johnston. Johnston is LDS and his column is written from that perspective for an LDS audience. As a member of the target audience, I often find myself amused by his approach to various topics – he’s not so overly pious that he can’t joke around a bit, yet he never lets it get out of hand.
I can’t promise that I’ll suddenly reform myself and write as regularly as I’d like to, but I’ll definitely be making the effort to keep the time between posts significantly shorter than it has been this time. Should another unannounced and unearned sabbatical come upon me, check out Card and Johnston’s columns and rest easy, knowing that there’s better stuff out there anyway.
By the way, I was informed this morning that my fellow blogger, Tara Rowe has decided to mention me in her latest blog. Sorry, Tara, that this isn’t about Morgan Freeman, but that one may still come.
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