Well after getting my Internet connection up on Tuesday for a few hours it went down again in the afternoon .. After another phone call, a visit to the AT&T store to pick up a “supported” modem and yet another phone call, I finally got moved to the right group of people to fix the problem.
For some reason my properly provisioned line became improperly provisioned. A flip of a switch by the last guy I talked to and voila .. Success.
AT&T wanted to charge me $99 to talk to …

The first thing that comes to mind when the Internet goes down is that it stinks. This happened at our house yesterday. The biggest problem was that I couldn’t troll the Internet looking for the answer because I wasn’t connected. This made for some interesting conversations in the house: “Dad, I have to do my homework” and “I’d like to go on the Internet, too.”
In the end, the outage was about 24 hours. Much more than I would have liked, but better than a worst case …

I’ve gotten more involved with Twitter recently. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad – I don’t know. Still, I’ve gotta say the Tweetie 2 app for iPhone rocks. It’s far above any of the other apps that I have tried and unless something more awesome slips in, I’m almost certain to stick with this app. Sadly, good things in life do not come free. The app is $2.99, but that’s nearly free in my book.
If you’re looking for a good Twitter App for your iPhone. …

I guess it had to happen sometime, but still this was a little unexpected. A few days ago (October 5, 2009), the FTC announced new guidelines for bloggers. Now, if a blogger writes a review and said blogger received free (or discounted) services or equipment, this must be disclosed or they could be fined.
I can see how this is could be important and is most relevant in cases where a blogger is being paid to write a good review regardless of whether or not that blogger believes in …