] VoIP testing service solutions provider Empirix is
] showing its Hammer On-Call for VoIP infrastructure and
] applications test service. This is a flavor of
] Hammer-On-Call%u2019s carrier level solution service.

blogged for reference on the Teleworking project.

A VoIP sub-trend few people are talking about

] In the course of preparing the second edition of 802.11
] Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, I noticed
] several myths that repeatedly popped up in popular
] wireless coverage that I'd like to debunk.

Great list of common misunderstandings for WiFi networks. The softest one is that remote access techniques aren't optimal as security standards. This is only true in certain circumstances and equally untrue in others. I think RADIUS and LDAP backends to things like LEAP, 1X, and WPA are almost required if you're going to manage authentication and authorization tokens in a sensible way.

O'Reilly Network: Top Ten 802.11 Myths of 2005

The lineup for the annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival..

] Sponsors include Pepsi, Molson, Verizon and Big Boy.

only in MI would Big Boy possibly make the sponsor list for a techno festival... sheesh.

line up looks good, including stalwarts like Aux 88, Slum Village, Stacey Pullen, UR, and Mos Def and of course the regulars like Carl, Richie, Kevin and the other pioneers.

My favorite act though just might be Raiders of the Lost Arp. What a great name.

FUSE-in techno fest lineup is announced

] It's no surprise then that we can now confirm what the
] super-intelligent if somehat wobbly hacks at Vulture
] Central have known for years: alcohol makes you cleverer.

I'd like to accept this Nobel prize on behalf of my friends at Guinness and Bass...

Beer makes you clever: official

] Not that Lenovo can't pinch pennies. Its labor costs are
] a rock-bottom $3 per desktop PC, among the lowest
] anywhere. That has helped drive its operating expenses to
] less than 9% of revenues, half the average for the
] computer hardware business

UN-BE-LEAVE-ABLE... $3 of labor costs per PC. Any other business (even TEXTILES!) would KILL for that kind of margin.

Lenovo and IBM: East Meets West, Big-Time

Genius. I love the step by step graphics on the top of the page.

Shakeskin.com - a gallery of shaken faces / Shaken

] "The people of Lafayette feel like there is a history of
] seizing the initiative," said John St. Julien, a member
] of Lafayette Coming Together, a citizens group supporting
] the fiber network. "Our Creole and Cajun communities have
] always been told by outsiders that everything we did was
] wrong--from our language to the food we eat. Culturally,
] we've learned not to care what others think or say about
] us. I think it gives us a place to stand when companies
] like BellSouth and Cox come in and tell us we can't do
] something."

This is a storm that's been brewing for years and is mostly the result of the CLEC boom collapsing. There's been no real competition to drive broadband deployment for about 4 years now, and there's never been any competition to incent rural deployment.

The electricity analogy is an apt one. With it, the US leapfrogged the rest of the world and was on solid footing to become the dominant force of the 20th century. Broadband is not fast food. It is not a convenience. It is the next plank in the platform which can carry us into the 21st century as a leading force. One that we are sorely behind in by all accounts.

Cities brace for broadband war

] Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars will captain the U.S.
] team at the hockey world championships.

Despite the significant "gayness" of the US squad, they look like they have a chance to win the tournament.

Modano is U.S. captain at hockey worlds - 04/30/05

] There has been a small outbreak of zombism in
] a small town near the border of Laos in North-Eastern
] Cambodia.
]
] The culprit was discovered to be mosquitoes native to
] that region carrying a new strain of Malaria which thus
] far has a 100 percent mortality rate and kills victims in
] fewer than 2 days.
]
] After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart
] of its victim for up to two hours after the initial
] demise of the person where the individual behaves in
] extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a
] combination of brain damage and a chemical released into
] blood during resurrection.

Have you seen this? HOLY CRAP!

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Cambodian troops Quarantine Quan'su

] Born in the village of Basti Danishmandan, near the
] northwest Indian city of Jalandhar in 1904, Khan was a
] contemporary of Indian hockey great Dhyan Chand and they
] played together at the 1928 Olympics.
]
]
] In an interview with Reuters on his 100th birthday on
] September 9 last year, Khan said discipline in every
] facet of life had helped him live a long and healthy
] life.

Who woulda known that India had an Olympic hockey program?!

Oldest Olympic gold medalist dies - Apr 21, 2005