Cell phones realying the bad news to Yankee fans that A-Rod had, in fact, been a jerk (from today's WSJ)

Steinbrenner phone home...the WSJ journal reported that the ugly incident at Yankee stadium would have been much worse, were it not for cell phones used in the stadium allowing fans to phone their best friends and learn the bad news...

Thanks to my good friend and IT/networking guru, Phil Wherry, I've avoided purchasing more bogus (but popular) software and am managing to speed things up on my own. For example, here's a product roadmap that I cannot share. sorry.

Does the world need a WWAN?

So asks Lee Gomes in his latest column in the WSJ (reg not required here). Ask yourself the following questions:

1. Do you smirk at those ads for "getting a fax on the beach"?
2. Do you chuckle at those photos in glitzy magazines with photos of guys sitting on park benches using their laptops?
3. Do you find yourself muttering..."I'm worried about you" when you see a guy toting his laptop in a deli?

or as Lee puts it:

The simple truth may be that outside of homes and offices, and outside of obvious white-collar tar pits like hotels and airport lounges, there really may not be much of a market for high-speed mobile Internet connectivity. The proverbial killer app could always emerge, like being able to watch movies over the Web, the way they do in Hong Kong. It's just as likely, though, that people would prefer to watch them at home.

or...

Do you believe that the network enables tools, devices and services that are not yet developed? Believing in ubiquitous access of broadband does not mean you need to buy into the photo of guys ignoring beautiful women walking by them as they sit on the edge of a fountain at noon on Tuesday reading their email.

Say it isin't so Tyler!



Well, hard to believe, but it looks like Armstrong's old buddy and all-around-American-good-guy Tyler Hamilton may have indulged in borrowing somebody's blood to improve his performance. I remember when LaLasse Viren won the 5000/10000 at the '72 olympics (hate to admit watching that live...) and the ensuring blood doping scandal. The only guys I've ever seen "admit" to doping are the guys who got caught like David Millar. But this transfusion thing, wow, it's like "I really need an edge, I've given my life to this sport...but my image cannot allow me getting caught...I don't care how risky it is..I've got to win by any means without getting caught":

"Only the most desperate athlete would consider a homologous transfusion," Ashenden says. "The guy who has lost all sense of morality and care for their well-being."

This San Diego Union article has a good summary too..

ttfn

So, now that Verizon has finally released a better smart phone (Treo) on their network, that there is a better pocket PC version than the Samsung i700 - at least this looks better - the i-mate CDMA phone that supports EV-DO as well as good old 1X. No WiFi though.

The PhpWiki - Home Page is a good place to start

What could Wikis do for wireless?