Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
I had no idea this had actually been seriously discussed before, but it turns out that a recent FCC report may be the first step toward á la carte cable. Á la carte cable is the idea that customers can pick and choose to which cable channels they would like ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Ariele and I donated blood yesterday at a Red Cross blood drive on campus. We had appointments at 11:30am, and we arrived about 5 minutes early. After reading some instructional materials, each of us were called to go answer a few questions with one of the nurses.
I walked with the ...
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
Ars Technica published an article today discussing the agreement NBC Universal made with DirecTV to sell their television shows for $0.99 to DirecTV customers. The shows are sold without commercials, as they appear in DVD boxed sets.
I am pleased to see the television networks beginning to move down this ...
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Sunday, March 6th, 2005
A defibrillator is a medical device used to electrically stimulate a faltering heart. Defibrillators can be used externally or implanted. I have read a little bit about the two main purposes of a defibrillator: to speed up a lagging heart rate or to force a "restart" of a heart that ...
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