Friday, September 13, 2013

Blockbuster!

I have a feeling this will be the blockbuster action movie of the year!!

Vero Telecom VR-6600P

Hans has an update on some new Vero Telecom (VGC) products including the VR-6600P that looks a lot like a Yaesu FTM-350.
Whatever happened to their UV-X5 tri-bander? Maybe it ended up as this?

What kind of runner?

What kind of runner are you? I am 100% a "Focused Goal Race" runner:
"You have your eyes on one race for the season, and nothing is going to stop you from getting there. The only race you may sign up for between now and then is a race to use as a training run, but there is no way you are going to race it. You need to save your energy for your speed workout in a couple of days. You have every run and workout written out in a calendar or training plan for the next 4 months. Each workout is meticulously calculated, and you make sure your GPS reflects the correct mileage after each run. It’s your goal race or bust – no ifs, ands, or buts about it."

Thursday, September 12, 2013

ITIL

What is ITIL? My take... a long, long list of very similar vocabulary terms with a lot of overlap. I'm not saying that it isn't useful. I do think a common vocabulary can be very helpful, but there is a reason everyone I talk to says that they only do ITIL-Lite.

Phablet

Demand is growing for Phablets in Asia. I didn't even know what a Phablet was.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

New iPhones

From my Twitter feed...
LoneNutVolFan: iPhone 5 C for the commoners S for the superior caste

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Value of Life

Bruce's article led me to Wikipedia... estimates of the value of life. Almost $8M according to the FDA. I don't know if reading this made the number go up or down for you.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Leixen VV-808: Sale

I got an e-mail saying the VV-808 (VHF version) is on sale for $118.24 including shipping to the US. (The UHF version is still at $144.04 with shipping.) That's not the sub-100 number I think starts to make it interesting again and I don't know if this is just a temporary sale to gauge response.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Yahoo Group Changes

People don't like change... but I wouldn't really miss the daily messages about someone's trouble programming their radio.