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// December 11th, 2007 // 1 Comment » // General

I sent this link to everyone on my email list with whom I’ve talked about interesting inventions, or whom I think would have insights into this invention’s implications. I’ll post the replies (with their permissions) here, because so far they have been really interesting.

http://www.hytechapps.com/company/press

Could this fuel be the next big thing?
Have you heard of it?
Why is 2006 the last anyone broadcast anything about it?Surf to the site’s press release page and watch the video’s, all taken from mainstream news broadcasts. Maybe we should invest in this company??

Let me know what you think, please, after watching the press release videos, and tell me if you think this whole thing is either a hoax, or in fact The Next Big Thing.

 

 Alternative Fuel: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

go to Youtube to see this video
thanks to brasschecktv.com for the video

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WI-FI = Wireless Is Free only If you pay first

// August 6th, 2006 // 2 Comments » // General

Sitting here in San Jose Int’l airport, listening to Cream sing White Room through my new noise-cancelling headphones, playing Unreal Tournament, watching the luggage monkeys putz around in their little blue carts, dropping luggage on the tarmac. This is a bit surreal. I realize that teenagers and the hyper-techno-hip have been doing this for years now. But for me, this is still cool.

My complaint: the two wireless networks offered in this terminal, T-Mobile and Wayport Access, are NOT free. WTF? After the connection is made, the only page you can get to on either net is the “Would you like to pay to browse?” page. Who is actually paying these people? Wi-Fi should be free everywhere, but especially in the places of commerce and travel.

So, while I would love to be posting this directly to my blog, I am pre-typing this on notepad, to upload whenever I can locate a less corporately-milked source of Wi-Fi access. Dallas, maybe? Or the Nashville convention center.

UPDATE: August 6. Found the convention center’s wireless on check-in night, but it said I had to be in a meeting hall to get the free wireless. Went to the meeting; about a thousand other teachers had the same idea, before me; there wasn’t an outlet OR a chair to be had. Proceeded to Starbucks. Still no joy: T-Mobile hotspot is a FOR pay service. Why did I not know this hotspot business meant PAY for it, and get wi-fi???