2005 July 26

WiFi at 30,000 feet seems pretty cool until you realize it’s just like WiFi at the coffee shop or WiFi at home. The boss can still track you down and you better be prepared to answer those emails piling up in your inbox before you touch down for the evening “meeting” with that client you’re entertaining. As one of the lucky few to take part in a Boeing test flight complete with Connexion wireless Internet service, Chris got a chance to interview other passengers and some of the Boeing crew. After testing the limits of the connection with Skype, Audioblog.com and video iChat sessions, along with more mundane IM and chat sessions, this goes beyond cool and steps into the realm of one fewer place where workers have an excuse to be less productive. In my opinion, the killer feature of these Connexion enabled planes isn’t WiFi, it’s the power outlet for every seat.

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32 birthdays leading to the room where the paint doesn't want to dry; 32 birthdays running down the road where the dirt reaches the sky; 32 birthdays in my brand new Indian headdress; 32 birthdays shining in 32 skies. What's the reason, why'd I go? Where's my PC, I don't know. 32 birthdays, counted them myself, 32 birthdays. Bing bang bingalong, sing sang singalong, ding dang dingalong (birth)day – I've got everything I could ever want, babe.

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What do they call it when you sneeze through your hand and accidentally spray small globs of spit onto your monitor, see them turn your screen into a random mish-mash of polka dotted rainbows, only to have every colorful point evaporate quickly because your LCD is running too hot?

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After a few rounds of getting my ass handed to me in Halo 2 with friends the other day, I'm starting to look forward to getting the Xbox 360. Not because I enjoy losing, mind you. The next-gen Xbox aims to be a great gaming machine with visuals that are out of this world. I watched a few of the following trailers last night, but none of them excited me half as much as 'Ghost Recon 3.' Project Gotham Racing 3 looked amazing, too. Every other title trailer seemed to be a copycat, a boring sequel, or a sports game – none of which I'm interested in playing. I have a feeling that current Xbox units are going to find their way into secondary entertainment rooms soon enough. The Xbox acts as a hackneyed Media Center Extender, but I'm certain the Xbox 360 will sell many MCE machines for Microsoft.

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