Fiber / Fibre

Fibre optique

Well, BT just installed FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) in our neighborhood.  I just signed up for service…for an increase of £4.50 per month, we’ll increase our download speeds by a factor of more than 5.  (From 7ish Mbit/sec down to an estimated 40Mbit/sec down).  I’m stoked.

The install should happen on 16 October!

[Update 2013-10-18 22:17:57] Our fibre is installed!

image from fredrick bisson via flickr

I heard this guy this evening/afternoon

And I actually like his idea.

I think that the House needs to stop playing backcourt basketball and put the ball in the forecourt and make the Democrats play defense. And one way to do that might be to send the funding back as it is but with an attachment that says, “Okay, we’ll go ahead with Obamacare as you want it, but no exemptions. Nobody gets an exemption. Everybody has to have play on the same playing field. That’s only fair.” Fairness is the Democrats offer. Then the Democrats, if they reject that, are going to have explain to the American people why they’re willing to shut down the government in order to keep the exemptions for their favorite groups.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/09/30/what_should_republicans_do_next

Read the Bible Through

Bible

For the past 6 years or so, I’ve done a Read The Bible Through In A Year program (the same one every year).  Here’s a pdf of the schedule just in case it ever goes off-line.  2 years ago (I think) was the year I didn’t finish:  I finished it on 3 or 4 Jan the following year.  Well, over the summer with my travels, I got off schedule.  I’ve been playing catch-up for the past month or so.  Well, today I’m at least in the right month!  I’m caught up to the correct month!  Yay!

Image from wels.net via flickr