Topeka tries hard

By Jim on March 3, 2010 8:46 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
I know I'm awfully hard on Topeka, but nine times out of ten they deserve it. However, today I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that someone, somewhere has a small amount of common sense, ambition and vision. I'm not 100% sure who that person is, but they deserve a round of applause.

In case you've been living under a rock lately, you just might know that Google wants to install an fiber optic network capable of gigabit per second speed in some city.

Prior to moving here we used Cox Communications for our broadband internet service provider. We never had any problems with them at all and the speed was top notch. Since moving here we constantly have problems and calling customer support is really not that beneficial.

The only other choice here is AT & T . . . Thanks, but no thanks.

Both of them charge about the same amount of money. So, really one has to wonder if there is any choice at all other than not having broadband. Both of them are more than happy to tell you that you will have up to X mb/s speed, but whether or not they actually deliver is kind of a crapshoot.

Which brings me back to Google. How awesome would it be to get some serious bandwidth up in this bitch! People around here are really serious about attracting Google and the fiber they'll bring with them - so much so that someone started a site specifically for the purpose of spreading the word and influencing others to participate and help. The mayor decided to participate as well. He has changed the name of Topeka to Google for the next twenty-some-odd days. So for the duration of the majority of March I live in Google, Kansas. I suppose that's better than Topeka - a good place to grow potatoes.

I hope we do get this opportunity. It would be kick ass. Perhaps living here would be bearable with Internet surfing speeds that fiber optics can bring to the table.

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So my phone rang and a couple of boobs jumped out at me

By Jim on February 22, 2010 1:52 PM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks
Seriously though, if a pair of boobs had jumped out from my phone at me do you really think I'd be wasting my time here blogging about it? 

In case you didn't know, the image to the left contains boobs. Rather nice one's I might add as well.

Do you think I live in my mom's basement or something?

Well, just to clear it up I do not live in my mom's basement and although the possibility of boobs flying out of my phone gives me warm fuzzies, it did not happen. I wish it would, however, unlike the folks at Apple.


Seriously, what gives?

Are you afraid you might give someone access to a picture of a woman fully nude? In case you didn't know, the phone does come with a browser. A web browser. One can use it to browse the whole Internets and search for stuff using The Google. One may even be able to find pictures of women unclothed with their everything hanging out for the whole world to see.

I imagine you're just trying to protect the children - as everyone is these days. Yes they are so precious aren't they? Well, chances are those children have seen more than you? You have heard of sexting, haven't you?

I don't have an iPhone. Given this kind of behavior, I probably never will. What's next? You won't allow apps that have recipes that are bad for you?

Apple sucks.

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We, as a people, are doomed

By Jim on February 18, 2010 9:02 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Here I am to bring a streaming, bright ray of light into your life this fine, Thursday morning.

I've been a little under the weather and while I know it's really no excuse, ( I mean, how hard is it to write a post on a blog? ) it's the reason I've been absent lately.

But, the news is not good. Although no news is often good news, the lack of posts from this blog is no indication that all is good. 

We, as a people, are doomed.

I mistakenly pointed out that the people, generally speaking, who live in the area I live - Topeka Fucking Kansas - are screwed up individuals. I made no mistake that they are screwed up individuals collectively behaving like a selfish bunch of inbred, bible-thumping idiots. Take my word for it, they're screwed up beyond repair. The mistake I made was assuming it was a problem confined to one geographical region.

It seems people just can't seem to grasp the fact that we can bring about good things by being kind to each other. Forget it if you believe I'm talking about taking long walks on the beach or holding hands and singing Kumbaya around the campfire. Actually it's more of a, "do the right thing and treat people with respectful kindness" kind of thing. But, you know, I've always been one to expect crazy kinds of things from people.

What might you ask leads me to believe this? Well, just this article about some guy who decided to take his own life by jumping from a building in San Francisco. People were laughing and urging him to jump? Really? You'll have to read some of the comments from people at the scene. I suppose if you judge from the comments there might actually be hope left for us as there were people as disgusted as I by the utter lack of consideration from people in the crowd.

Yeah, that's my idea of a good time. Take video and pictures of some guy taking his life by jumping from a building. Hey, I know what would be even better. I could tweet about it too! What kind of selfish, anti-social, malcontented prick do you have to be in order to enjoy a person taking their life in a public manner such as this?

As for me. I don't know. I think we're all just fucked.



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