New ISP: Verizon or Comcast?

by Milos Topic on July 13, 2009

As I hope to finally move to a new town at some point next week one of the things I need to do is select a new ISP (+ phone, + TV provider). Since I moved to the U.S. I always used Optimum Online (Cablevision) and was overall satisfied with their services, however, my options now are Verizon’s FiOS or Comcast. Help me pick.

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It’s Nikola Tesla’s birthday!

by Milos Topic on July 10, 2009

I mentioned Nikola Tesla on the anniversary of his death back in January and it is only right to do the same on his birthday. This is also prompted by Google changing their default search image to Tesla Coil.

Thank you Google for remembering one of the greatest human beings to ever walk the earth.

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Is Google the new Microsoft?

July 8, 2009

Is Google making a mistake by entering the full blow operating systems area or is this a brilliant move to further diversify their products’ and services offering and attack a fairly stagnant market?

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First power outage of the summer

July 7, 2009

Today, starting at 10:44 AM we had our first power outage on campus this summer. It lasted close to two and a half hours and I think that we might see few more before September 1st.

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Looking for book suggestions

June 30, 2009

As things begin to settle down a bit in my life I would like to get back to reading books. Please share your recommendations.

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Life has been busy

June 29, 2009

I’m back, I mean finally close to being settled back to my life here in New Jersey. Past several months have been very busy and I’m sure that the next several weeks will as well, but things should slowly be coming back to “normal”.
What have you been up to this spring/summer?

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PNC Bank: No headgear allowed

May 20, 2009

No headgear allowed at PNC Bank. Are they trying to keep away thugs and wanna be robbers?

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School bus drivers

May 19, 2009

Being a school bus driver is an important position which shouldn’t be taken lightly. I’m not sure who does the screening process, but I believe that they need to do a better job. While I understand that (considering their precious cargo) they are probably underpaid, I’m a firm believer that everyone can’t do everything and [...]

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Talk about being unique

May 13, 2009

Yesterday, little after 5 pm as I was leaving work I saw a girl (I assume a student at MSU) waiting for an elevator on the third floor. That on its own is a normal occurrence, it happens all the time, but what made this a bit different was one of her “fashion accessories”. It’s [...]

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College Convocation

May 12, 2009

Work is well under way for this Sunday’s College Convocation. This year, for the first time, a group of my co-workers (professional staff) and I will also be helping during the event. Yeah it’s sucks working on a Sunday, especially since we have never done this before, but I’m keeping a positive attitude and hope [...]

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