Monday, November 04, 2002

" Here's a column I wrote for the Irish Times last week on South Africa, for some other impressions." [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]] Karlin Lillington's back from South Africa, and blogging again. Hooray! comment []10:36:13 AM

Procrastination I've meant to write about this for a while, but never seem to get around to it. Seriously, this is probably my Achilles' Heel (as an aside, check out the first use of the term Achilles' Heel in 1693. Pretty creepy.) Procrastination has stopped me from doing so many good things - that book and screenplay that just never makes it to the top of the to-do list; the business idea that needs a plan; the thank you cards from 2 years ago; the daily exercise I need; the wedding gift I need to send...the list goes on. Not to mention the paid work assignment I have for today. Procrastination is why I always functioned better with a coach. With a coach yelling at me, I get things done. I need someone shaming me into doing things on time, right now, in proper order - otherwise, it's easy to drift around and use the excuse "maybe tomorrow". Maybe later this week I'll find a coach... comment []7:59:18 AM

Full speed ahead for IBM transistor. Big Blue on Monday will debut a 350GHz transistor for wireless chips that promises enough power to build future networks to change how people use PCs and electronics. [CNET News.com] More wireless progress. This is going to be the biggest thing in tech for years to come. This enables all the cool things we'd like to do with WLANs today, but can't. Imagine TVs, stereos, storage appliances, laptops...all connected with a truly broadband link, 100s of megabits per second. No wires, so home theater installation is as simple as moving a few small boxes around. High end audio, with mono-block style speaker amps become common. I can't wait. comment []7:05:59 AM

Wi-Fi That Follows You Around. A new type of Wi-Fi system connects existing laptops and other computers by directing beams of coverage through hundreds of tiny antennas. Paul Boutin reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] This is GREAT! WiFi, already a disruptive user technology, gets an upgrade. I love the elegance of the design - using 30 milliwatts of power to connect users up to 4 Km away. Whoa. This could be bad news for some of the WLAN tech companies (Mesh Networks, for example), but anything that expands the use of WiFi is OK by me. comment []6:53:34 AM

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