Cellular Remote Control

Via Rael I saw this nifty little bit of Bluetooth wizardry… the Sony Ericsson Clicker which uses the Bluetooth capability of the cellular phones from Sony Ericsson to turn the phone into a remote control for a Bluetooth equipped Mac with 10.2. You can control your presentation, the dvd player, or use the proximity sensor to pause iTunes when you leave the room. It’s very cool and illustrates the potential that Bluetooth has….hmmm… Bluetooth TVs, radios, lamps… they’d shut off when you leave the room. But I’ve still got too much stuff that I lug around… my PowerBook, my cell phone and my Visor… and I’m still waiting for my cell phone provider to provide the ability to send email from my phone directly… I can receive it, but no sending yet…then I can ‘blog via mobile phone… that will be cool and brief.

February 24, 2003 , , , , , ,

Why Rabbits Should Not Roam Free in the House

On Sunday afternoon the high-speed Internet connection at home suddenly stopped. I checked and it just wasn’t working. So I called the phone company to see if they could fix it. We ran through the usual troubleshooting stuff and then they said that they’d have to have someone come over to fix it. But the earliest appointment was December 23rd! A day without access at home went by. You don’t realize how dependent you become on something until it’s gone… no Internet radio, movie trailers, news and information…
Then I think… hey, maybe I should switch ISPs… so I research that a bit and then I think, maybe I should try to use the modem in a different plug. So I unplug both ends and then notice that the phone cord is chewed through. Then I realized that the rabbit was out and hid behind the desk for a while… a bit later the Internet wasn’t working. I quickly put two and two together and realized what had happened… so I don’t think that the rabbit should be out in the house very much anymore.

December 17, 2002 ,

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