http://www.tijil.org/blog A place to put those random thoughts that pop up. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, the subject line is a bit over the top, but hear me out before you object too loudly. Professional basketball, a consortuim of billion-dollar private businesses with million dollar employees going under the name of the NBA is at it again. (See THIS PREVIOUS POST for the last time they ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=37 My previous post was about my moving on to new service with Sprint PCS, coupled with two nice new phones. While I do like the new phones and service, it leaves me with yet two more perfectly functioning cellphones that I no longer use. I should say left me with two ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=36 I've had a cellphone since I first started engineering the cellphone network's interface into the landline network back in '84. That first cellphone was a black 3 watt Motorola portable the size, shape and weight of a car battery. Since that time I've had many other, different, cellphones, including the new ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=35 UPDATE 11OCT07: Just this morning the Regional Office of this manufacturer sent out an e-mail to those registered that they have arranged for parking 500 to 750 feet away from the dock. While this is good news, it is very late (two days before the event) and still rather distant. ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=34 Just a quick upgrade to more current software - which changed the entire look of the blog, and lost some of the features installed. *sigh* I need to figure out how to re-install at least a few of the features that were here before. Tom http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=33 I just realized that I changed the image at the top of my blog from a B-52 on takeoff to Mt. St. Helens without mentioning it. Recently a group of Scion owners here in the Pacific Northwest gathered for a "cruise" to the Mt. St. Helens observation center on Johnston Ridge, ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=32 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSCF0417.JPG, originally uploaded by uuv_one (Tomas). A friend has finally talked me into getting set up on Flickr.com (even though it is a Yahoo! property), so I figured I should try ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=31 Seems that AACS LA has lost yet another code to the folks ferreting them out. 45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A AF 45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B0 45 5F E1 04 22 CA ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=29 The AACS LA (Advanced Access Content System Licensing Authority) has asked, via DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices from their lawyers, that folks not publish a specific sixteen digit hexadecimal number, as that number is published by them on all HD-DVDs made before april of 2007 and is used as ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=28 I first got to see the new Scion xB2 back in December at a private unveiling. Recently I got to learn a lot more about it and to drive it. No question, I was impressed with the handling, braking, quietness, smoothness and power of the new xB2. I believe the ... http://www.tijil.org/blog/?p=27