My friend Ronnie lives in Overland Park and as such I have been keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that he will get Google Fiber ASAP. Unfortunately, that has not been happening. Google has still not announced availability for Overland Park and beyond that they are not rolling out very fast to the areas they [...]
For people comparing rural DSL to Exede, here are some DSL results from Winona MO: Test Date: Mar 6, 2013 12:41:29 pm Location: Winona, MO Server: Springfield, MO Download: 1207 kbps Upload: 410 kbps Ping: 39 ms External IP: 173.202.176.245 Internal IP: 192.168.0.108 Latitude: 36.99297 Longitude: -91.33641 Overall these results leave quite a bit to [...]
Today while checking out at Nu-Way I asked the cashier “what is the new construction south of the Nu-Way parking lot?” Her response was: a SUBWAY®! Subway is very exciting news for those of us living in or around Winona, as currently there are no franchise fast-food restaurants in town. It is also nice that Subway has many [...]
Here is yet another good reason not to drink and drive: Battlefield was also totally blocked off as power crews worked to repair the damage…
Recently I had a very pleasant surprise: Springfield MO has 4G cellular internet coverage! Specifically, Clear has some WiMax towers up covering quite a bit of Springfield as well as Ozark, Republic and possibly Nixa. If you have a compatible Sprint 4G phone then you may already be good to go. I will post speedtest results when I [...]
It’s tough to come up with good titles anymore after having a website/blog for 10+ years. Actually, I’m not sure I was ever very good at picking blog titles . I almost entitled this blog entry “Mashed Potatoes and White Gravy” due to me having mashed potatoes and white gravy three days in a row. [...]
We’re in the Spfd airport, warm and out of the snow. Our flight is now scheduled for 8AM (instead of 7:40AM). Apparently the crew was delayed getting in the night before. They are required to get a minimum amount of rest, so our flight is slightly delayed. We’re all for the crew having plenty of [...]
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