Paul W. Swansen's Weblog

Deconstructing the Patriot Act PR Campaign

Aaron writes "The Center for Democracy and Technology offers up an interesting point for point rebuttal to the the claims made via the 'rah-rah-esque' DOJ's ... [Slashdot]

Cingular and AT&T Wireless make last minute attempt to delay number portability

We'd thought that the cellphone companies had stopped trying to weasel out implementing number portability after a Federal appeals court threw out their lawsuit against the FCC back in June, but apparently they hadn't quite given up yet. AT&T Wireless and Cingular just tried again in court to stall the new rules by arguing that the FCC hadn't been clear enough about how number portability applies to landlines as well. On Wednesday this second lawsuit was also thrown out, though now it looks like AT&T Wireless and Cingular might be trying get Congress to intervene and obtain a delay. Read [Via MobileTracker]... [Gizmodo]

TGIF

Winter has arrived or at least winter type weather. Rain and cold and icey conditions abound all over the metro area. It looks like another good day to stay inside. Oh that's right someone at work has called a meeting that I'm required to attend. Well there goes a second week with only one day off.

Thursday Afternoon

Check out the picture of our afternoon activities.

Ski

Want to come Ski? Here's a list of when the various areas open this season. Of course your mileage may vary and it's all subject to change with or without notice.

Nokia to put digital TV tuners in phones

If there's nothing to watch on the satellite at home, why do I want at tuner in my phone?

Speaking of the 7700, Nokia's new multimedia phone with the digital television tuner, Nokia says that eventually they're going to be putting digital television tuners into all their cellphones. But not until sometime aroud 2007, when hopefully there will actually be digital television broadcasts to watch. Read... [Gizmodo]

Sure Happy It's Thursday.

Yesterday, 80's, sunshine and blue skies. Today, a mix of rain and snow. Go figure. Well we need the moisture for a couple of fires here locally and for the ski areas. Loveland opened on Tuesday and the rest of the state will follow over the next couple of weeks. Today is a good day to spend indoors at the computer or in bed sleeping. I went to the store already to get stuff for eating for the day so we're all set.

NYC mapping cellphone dead zones

There are a number of places here in Denver where we have dead space too. For Sprint, it's at or near The Tattered Cover in LoDo. I also know that Palm's wireless service for their PDA's service is most nonexistent in the entirety of downtown Denver.

New York City has started a campaign to identify all the "dead zones" where cellphone coverage is poor (or non-existent). Best of all, they plan to release the information on November 24th, the day cellphone number portability goes into effect, so New Yorkers thinking of switching carriers can see whether coverage might be better or worse in their part of town. Read - NY1 Read - Gothamist Read - TechDirt... [Gizmodo]

First Impression

"I want to contribute more to earth than I take away from it."

-Russell Simmons , CEO, Rush Communications

[Fast Company]

Busy Day

Off with a full battery charge on the new camera to take on the day. The eye Dr. just called and they have my new glasses so off I go.