Comments on: About http://www.liquidrhymes.com Musings of Simon Mosk-Aoyama Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Some dude http://www.liquidrhymes.com/about/#comment-7 Some dude Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:07:21 +0000 http://liquidrhymes.com/?page_id=2#comment-7 I miss the www.mosk-aoyoma.com format and carefree blogging style. Is this a permanent replacement? I miss the http://www.mosk-aoyoma.com format and carefree blogging style. Is this a permanent replacement?

]]> By: Simon http://www.liquidrhymes.com/about/#comment-6 Simon Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:04:08 +0000 http://liquidrhymes.com/?page_id=2#comment-6 @Walt- It's really great to get your feedback - pleased to hear you're enjoying the blog. The T-Mobile plan sounds like a pretty good deal. Another pretty good wireless deal I've seen recently is Virgin Mobile's unlimited data on mifi (essentially a mobile wireless card) for $40 pre-paid; with AT&T charging you an extra $20 on top of your 2GB data plan to tether your devices unlimited data for $40 on all your devices sounds like a deal. Re: the offline maps, I'm all for apps that work offline. I'm a big fan of the NY Times app on my ipod touch that works even when I'm not on wifi - and I wish Google Maps did as well! @Walt-

It’s really great to get your feedback – pleased to hear you’re enjoying the blog. The T-Mobile plan sounds like a pretty good deal. Another pretty good wireless deal I’ve seen recently is Virgin Mobile’s unlimited data on mifi (essentially a mobile wireless card) for $40 pre-paid; with AT&T charging you an extra $20 on top of your 2GB data plan to tether your devices unlimited data for $40 on all your devices sounds like a deal.

Re: the offline maps, I’m all for apps that work offline. I’m a big fan of the NY Times app on my ipod touch that works even when I’m not on wifi – and I wish Google Maps did as well!

]]> By: Walt Scrivens http://www.liquidrhymes.com/about/#comment-5 Walt Scrivens Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:06:57 +0000 http://liquidrhymes.com/?page_id=2#comment-5 Amazing! I just found your "Corner" and read your piece about prepaid wireless and "needing" new cell phones. I could have written them myself! I'm a 60-something retired technology guy living in sunny South Florida. I grew up (starting at age 30 or so) on S-100 and Apple ][ systems. In my last job, I was an I.T. director and I had "all the gadgets" - the latest smartphones, unlimited voice and data, WIFI everywhere I went, etc. Now that I'm retired and paying my own way, things have changed. I have a prepaid T-mobile SIM that gives me 1000 minutes of voice only, good for a year, and it cost $100. I think that's about the cheapest you can go and still have a cell phone! I use an old Blackberry Pearl with WIFI for a phone, and a jailbroken iPod touch for an e-book reader and occasional network sniffing. That well fits my needs/wants for pocket sized stuff. Apart from the outlandish and semi-compulsory rate structure (bits are bits - why do we have to pay differently depending on how the bits are interpreted?) I have a gripe with the maps on GPS enabled devices. Why shouldn't we be able to download a set of maps for an area and then go of-line to navigate with the GPS? Of course the answer's obvious - AT&T can charge you over and over and over again to download the same set of maps! Thanks for a great blog! Walt Amazing!
I just found your “Corner” and read your piece about prepaid wireless and “needing” new cell phones. I could have written them myself!
I’m a 60-something retired technology guy living in sunny South Florida. I grew up (starting at age 30 or so) on S-100 and Apple ][ systems. In my last job, I was an I.T. director and I had “all the gadgets” – the latest smartphones, unlimited voice and data, WIFI everywhere I went, etc.
Now that I’m retired and paying my own way, things have changed. I have a prepaid T-mobile SIM that gives me 1000 minutes of voice only, good for a year, and it cost $100. I think that’s about the cheapest you can go and still have a cell phone! I use an old Blackberry Pearl with WIFI for a phone, and a jailbroken iPod touch for an e-book reader and occasional network sniffing. That well fits my needs/wants for pocket sized stuff.

Apart from the outlandish and semi-compulsory rate structure (bits are bits – why do we have to pay differently depending on how the bits are interpreted?) I have a gripe with the maps on GPS enabled devices. Why shouldn’t we be able to download a set of maps for an area and then go of-line to navigate with the GPS? Of course the answer’s obvious – AT&T can charge you over and over and over again to download the same set of maps!

Thanks for a great blog!

Walt

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