Archive for April, 2008
I was amazed when I started reading the article about this Telectroscope. Apparently there are two huge telescopes (37 ft. x 11ft.), one in Thames, London and the other in Brooklyn, NY. You are able to see the other side in Live time 24-hrs a day. Supposedly a tunnel was drilled under the Atlantic ocean from one end to the other. Although this is visual only, without audio sound, but thought this was very cool. But it turns out that it is not a true tunnel, but more of a broadband tunnel with digital cameras at either end. But still can see the other side in Live time. Very cool. I would like to see that when I visit NY or London.
I read this article which I found very cool regarding Google Health. It allows patients to manage their personal medical records on-line. The patient actually has control of these medical records as well. I thought this was extremely convenient. I have moved several times in the past ten years, and I always had to find a new general doctor and start all over. I am in good medical health, so I do not carry my medical records with me when I move, although I should. But having the ability to access them on-line and allow my doctor to have access to them as well, can be very important in the future. I recall a friend of mine many years ago having a fishing accident that caused a lot of facial damage. He had to have several plastic surgeries, not to mention dental work. But after several years, the medication they gave him, had an adverse interaction with the medication he was already on prior to the accident. Man did that mess him up. Having his medical records on-line and accessible to all his doctors could have avoided this bad interactions with his medication. I will definitely look into subscribing to this Google Health.
Can you believe that American Airlines is charging $15 for one piece of checked in luggage? They are claiming this is to counter the high jet fuel prices. But how will this affect the passangers? I mean, why would anyone check in luggage then? I can see passangers now have carry-ons to avoid this charge, which surely will slow down the boarding of the planes. Also, the main reason I check luggage, is to avoid having to place all my liquids in a zip-lock, plus not having to only carry 3-ozs of them. This will most likely slow down the security check as well. If fact, this may even backfire on AA, due to delays of these flights. Supposedly United Airlines and a few other carriers are considering this charge as well. Wow, these gas prices has affected all traveling options.
Has anyone read about, seen or purchased this Nexflix player? It is fairly cheap, going for $100. Apparently it connects to your TV and downloads movies instantly from the net that you can watch over and over, as many times as you like, plus it’s FREE! Sounded great, until I started looking into it some more. I guess they only have older movies and TV shows available to download to this device so far. Netflix is working on lisensing issues to provide New Releases. Not sure if the older movies and TV shows are worth it though, especially if you can download New Realeses to your computer. I have the capabilty of connecting my computer to my TV and that’s how I watch my movie downloads. Has anyone used this Netflix player? If so, do you like it and would you recommend it?
Interesting article I read this morning regarding how the city of Chula Vista is handling non-maintained foreclosed homes. They are charging the banks $100-1,000 fee if they do not maintain the yard and any broken windows on their foreclosed homes. They claim these homes will drive down the value of the neighborhood if they do not maintain them. I wonder if this will put added pressure on the banks to sell these homes.
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