friday five: words
1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)?
Fiction is fun, but nonfiction can also be good – as long as it doesn’t put me to sleep. I enjoy the newspaper everyday, but magazines are good too. Let’s face it – I just like reading, apparently…
2. What is your favorite novel?
Not just one, but many. Too many. I could probably narrow it down to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, by the late (but presumed fed) Douglas Adams.
3. Do you have a favorite poem? (Share it!)
Nope. The closet I’ve come to a favorite is:
fleas
adam had ‘em
I think you can figure out why I know it…
4. What is one thing you’ve always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read?
You name it, I probably want to read it. The web has helped to expand my horizons, but when I worked in the library as a teenager, I would put away books and think that it would be interesting to read some. Some I actually bothered to check out, others are still on my very long list of books to read…
5. What are you currently reading?
The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum – it’s pretty good so far.
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lee 10:51 on 2003/02/27 Permalink | Log in to Reply
(Wish you’d use “remember my info” — I’d post more!)
At any rate, Stanley has been in SBC DSL hell. One new clients is having a horrible, terrible, godawful time getting his email to work properly with the SBC-Yahoo dsl service. Many phone calls to customer non-service. Another client asked him to install it all for them — it took him hours and hours and long phone call to get it done. He says it is insanely hard to install, particularly if you want it to work on more than one machine using more than one telephone number. We were toying with the idea of getting it, but 1) it costs exactly the same as our pretty danged reliable cablevision setup and 2) it’s not as fast as a cable modem (a third client in Rowayton has had it for a year — we didn’t install it, the phone company did — and it’s a LOT slower), I don’t care what SBC-SNOT tells you, 3) since it’s slower and such a hassle to install, why bother?
Maybe other telcos offer decent, easier to install DSL — but SBC/SNOT sure doesn’t.
BTW, happy birthday to Emma — glad her party was a success.
Joe Szilagyi 22:41 on 2003/02/27 Permalink | Log in to Reply
SBC DSL is spotty. When it’s running cleanly, and–this is key–you have their slightly upgraded service, which is uncapped for speed–it’s phenomenal.
The only downside is that it periodically hang when trying to make HTTP connections. I had a choice of renewing my contract with them another year (I’ve been using it years) or switching to Telemedia for a cable modem, and there was no way I was switching our service out. I actually asked the Telemedia guys when I was in their office getting some parts for our cable box about the service, and one of them said “It’s fine except for the too many people on it…”
Yeah, sure, THAT’LL make me subscribe.
Joe Szilagyi 22:43 on 2003/02/27 Permalink | Log in to Reply
SBC DSL is spotty. When it’s running cleanly, and–this is key–you have their slightly upgraded service, which is uncapped for speed–it’s phenomenal.
The only downside is that it periodically hang when trying to make HTTP connections. I had a choice of renewing my contract with them another year (I’ve been using it years) or switching to Telemedia for a cable modem, and there was no way I was switching our service out. I actually asked the Telemedia guys when I was in their office getting some parts for our cable box about the service, and one of them said “It’s fine except for the too many people on it…”
Yeah, sure, THAT’LL make me subscribe.
Joe Szilagyi 22:47 on 2003/02/27 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Whoops, sorry for the double post.