Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

A La Carte Cable Channel Selection

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 ...

Microsoft Sticks It To The Red Cross

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 ...

TV Shows On Demand

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 ...

The Workings of a Defibrillator

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 ...