Something that I realized this year is that I like pondering the future -- looking way out and imagining how the world will be different, what things people will be doing, etc. This probably stems from my interest in technology.
Significant milestone: 10 MbpsJuly 30, 2009
I just downloaded a video from NASA at 1.3 megabytes per second, also known as 10 Mbps (megabits per second).
Why is this significant? Well, when I was a teenager, 10 Mbps was the speed of the LAN in our house, which was about 200 times faster than our Internet connection at the time.
How times have changed!
Super cool: Wireless powerJuly 24, 2009
Sign me up.
Video720p StreamingJune 25, 2009
I'm amazed -- I didn't know that this was possible. Apparently my Internet connection through Rogers is capable of 720p streaming. I was on
this page and clicked the link for the 720p version of the movie trailer and it was able to stream it just fine. Wow.
We got a note in the mail from Rogers yesterday saying that their service has been upgraded from 7Mbps to 10Mbps, so perhaps that is what makes this possible?
Anyway, this opens the doors for a pretty impressive service: The ability to watch any HD movie right away on demand via the 'Net. Cool.
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