Musings
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Re-Alignment of the U.S.
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A while back The Economist released an interesting video exploring the possibilities if countries could migrate like people did. The result looked a bit like an archipelago of islands but succeeded in grouping countries with similar issues, sensibilities, and other common causes. In the same spirit of this story, I’m taking on a problem you…
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The iPhone 13 Makes Me Yawn, But I’ll Get One Anyway
Another September, another new iPhone. Let’s quickly recap: a new CPU that’s the world’s fastest, just like last year. A new camera ‘system’ that’s the world’s best, just like last year. New software that ‘offers breakthrough new capabilities’, marketing-speak for ‘incremental improvements’. Last year’s great phone becomes this year’s mid-range model, last year’s mid-range becomes…
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Hello World… For Real This Time!
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Welcome to JonnyO.com! After years of threatening to re-launch my web site, I’m finally pulling the trigger. I originally launched this site back when Amazon was a river, Mark Zuckerberg was just a kid, and a T1 line was considered high-speed Internet. It’s been a photo album, a message board for friends near and far,…
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Smart Watches Have Stupid Wireless Options
How many $10 things in your life actually cost almost $20? I’m guessing not a lot. Apple claims that monthly wireless service for an Apple Watch here in the U.S. is $10/month. But for most of us this is not where the billing ends, but where it actually begins. Tack on the usual taxes and…
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Beating the High Cost of Phone Service
When was the last time your cell phone carrier did something nice for you? Not that I feel like I’m owed spontaneous acts of kindness just for being me (well, at least not much), but it seems like the only time I ever heard from AT&T was when they were messing with my subscription or…