Chris Easton

Makes me laugh every time.

Chris Easton — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:56:32 +0000

Interesting Article: “What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success”

Chris Easton — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:29:49 +0000

I wonder what would happen if this was tried in California:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/

Addiction

Chris Easton — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:57:43 +0000

Custom Latte, pretty good beans from Target.

Glad that’s clear

Chris Easton — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:45:56 +0000

I’ve always wondered what goes into a bag of carrots…

Wireless Service

Chris Easton — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:07:14 +0000

I wonder how much it would cost to build a wireless network to cover all the lower 48 of the United States.

Some thoughts on the future of media.

Chris Easton — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:54:14 +0000

One thing that strikes me as kind of odd is why don’t more tv networks offer their content online? It seems with Google and Facebook’s large databases you could easily find the best targeted advertising for advertisers. Would I rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on TV ads that might not reach my intended audience or targeted advertising that targets the viewers interests and location so much better? It makes so much more sense to host more content online and just have ads.

Picture post

Chris Easton — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:20:21 +0000

Trying this from my phone.

Robot Love

Chris Easton — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:20:46 +0000

Nothing but bots on AIM these days. I always get a few of these and sometimes I can’t tell if they’re robots or not. Rest of the chat conversation after the break.

(10:08:22 PM) bellaqueen1306: you there??
(10:08:59 PM) Chris: Hi
(10:09:16 PM) bellaqueen1306: well hello i wasn’t sure if you were there or not wanna chat??
(10:09:36 PM) Chris: Why is a raven like a writing desk?
(10:09:53 PM) bellaqueen1306: well i just saw yyou were online and thought i’d say hi…. what ya doin tonite??
(10:10:19 PM) Chris: Plotting a plan to take over a small latin american country, you?
(10:10:36 PM) bellaqueen1306: i’m just sittin here bored and hoping someone was around i love chattin with new people but no one’s online anymore ya know?????
(10:11:04 PM) Chris: Everyone is online, everyone is connected.
(10:11:21 PM) bellaqueen1306: i just got cleaned up a lil bit ago i was doing yoga i can almost do a full split now
(10:11:37 PM) bellaqueen1306: you should cum see ….. i have this little spot we can play around on would you want to??
(10:11:53 PM) Chris: No, that sounds whorish.
(10:12:10 PM) bellaqueen1306: sweet!! it’s this site i found a long timme ago and i’ve been there so long i’m a premium member noww lol
(10:12:26 PM) bellaqueen1306: buuttttt it’s basically just like a private chat for us where you can see me and tell me what to do sound good???
(10:13:04 PM) Chris: I could browse omegle or chat roulette and probably see the same thing. Without the viruses.
(10:13:12 PM) Chris: Or a load of dicks.
(10:13:21 PM) bellaqueen1306: kk http://www.somestupidurliwon’trepdocue.com/rkwejrklwjelkrjlkj you’ll see the invite i have setup for you…..see it?
(10:13:21 PM) Chris: Why is a raven like a writing desk?
(10:13:31 PM) Chris: My computer exploded.
(10:13:38 PM) bellaqueen1306: cool now you just need to make an i.d. to use on here and we’ll be all set… this is gonna be so much fun i absolutely can’t wait
(10:13:54 PM) bellaqueen1306: u will have to verify your age hun but you’ll see right there its completely free since i invited you
(10:13:58 PM) Chris: I feel like we’re two different people… Living two different lives.
(10:14:14 PM) bellaqueen1306: i had to do it 2 it’s so dumb … but i can’t be showing any t&a to kiddz ya know?? lol don’t need to wind up on dateline
(10:14:36 PM) Chris: I feel like you don’t listen to me, I want a divorce.
(10:14:53 PM) bellaqueen1306: if you need any help or anything hun just let me know i’m gonna go get my sexiest thong i’ll be waiting….
(10:15:11 PM) Chris: Is that for your new toy? Why must you cheat on me!
(10:15:28 PM) bellaqueen1306: you comin???? i’m getting lonely in here don’t leave me alone

My Nook Color is Mostly Unused

Chris Easton — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:03:09 +0000

This is the second time I’ve gone out to find a book that seems interesting and have been disappointed in the digital copy pricing. The book is the Cryptonomicon. It is: $8.90 for a paperback from the store, free shipping from the web. $10.99 for the digital copy for my Nook. $1.99 + shipping used. This pricing scheme does not make any sense. How can a book that takes time and resources to print, store in a warehouse, and ship cost more than a digital copy that costs practically nothing to reprint, store, or ship? The only shipping cost is maybe $0.01 for bandwidth. And this is how print media plans to stay in business. By gouging their customers to want to stick with the hardcopies vs. the digital copies that cost nothing to reproduce.

The internet, is it still a series of tubes?

Chris Easton — Fri, 06 May 2011 07:06:50 +0000

It looks like congress had a hearing about net neutrality and they still don’t understand the issue: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/a-rube-goldberg-theory-of-regulation-net-neutrality-hearing-gets-testy.ars. What options do you have with limited options or in some cases a monopoly? How can you say one doesn’t exist when your DSL provider is limited to 256k upload download and the only cable company in town caps your monthly internet usage at 50GB? I’m fortunate to live in an area with Fios, with a pretty damn speedy 15mbps/5mbps connection for a reasonable price. But my parents are limited to Time Warner Cable and DSL clocked at 1.5mbps/256k for the same price I pay for my internet. I keep reading stories about the caps in Canada, as low as 50GB and in New Zealand, as low as 50GB. How can we have another Apple of internet services that starts in the garage if our home broadband is so expensive? And we’re still behind some other countries like South Korea where you can get a 100mbit/100mbit connection for US $30/month. But there is still hope! If only each city would invest like it does for water and sewer systems and bring in Fiber to the Home where an ISP can hook you up for no or minimal cost? And finally treat the internet like it is, a utility and not a service. Its the future for heaven’s sake! Just look at companies like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Netflix, and Amazon. If we allow the ISPs to do what they want with the monopolies they have where we don’t have any options of anything comparably different we’re screwed. I like what some cities in Utah have banded together to do, which is what I said before, that the internet should be a utility and open to competition. The city invests in the infrastructure and leases it out to ISPs when someone signs up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Telecommunication_Open_Infrastructure_Agency. Or is that too close to socialism or some other stupid argument?

Of course when you propose competition, the current monopoly steps up: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/want-50mbps-internet-in-your-town-threaten-to-roll-out-your-own.ars