Random Updates
Heavy rain in the northern part of the great central valley of California. Good news for us gold prospectors. Sustained rain shifts gravel in river bars around, often exposing new pockets of gold to be dredged in late spring. How are the rain forecasts in your area? I wonder. How far would telephony and radio have advanced if these fields were no more certain than weather predictions?
The ride to Rio Vista with the cat was indeed beautiful but Montel's performance was not. Poor guy, he threw up in his cat carrier and had a nasty bowel movement on the ride over. His digestive tract problems continue at home, I follow him now with old towels and rags, cleaning up as I go. I am fortunate to have a carpet steamer, I'll have to use it today. Arrgh . . .
Ken Schmidt of SteelintheAir.com (internal link) has started writing a blog, current comments on the tower lease trade. Click here to go there (external link)
It's Friday. Time to print something out to read during the weekend. Try this, Telnor's magazine, Telektronikk, their 100th anniversary issue entitled Perspectives in Telecommunications (external link.) Great reading. Arcane and essential information from Norway. More exotic than reindeer goulash. GSM, HF radio, and Inmarsat history. A social impact of the telephone piece. Hmm. I suggest you start reading this at work. What's more important?
I set my advertising rate (internal link) and put in a PayPal method for people to donate to privateline.com. Thanks in advance.
Was the first telephone that Bell and Watson made thrown into a fire? What happened to Telephone Number One? I'll have the details tommorow. . .