Archive for February, 2001

Come to where the broadband is

February 28, 2001

Haven’t posted much here in a while, I know. There have been updates to the ‘relocation’ portion of this site, however, since this is what has mostly kept me busy over the last couple months. Yet I’m seriously back online, this time with an ADSL
connection. Damn… How can I ever go back to dial-up? Install was a snap, and I’m now surfing at 600kbps to 700kbps – with peeks at 1Mbps+. Funny thing is, this is with the same good ol’ Pentium 200 PC that used to be hooked up to the Net with a mere 28.8kbps modem five years ago. The box now has USB connections for the trackball and printer as well as an ADSL hookup. Oh, and it is running on 110V instead of 220V since I justed moved to California – all at the flip of a switch. Talk about a flexibile and upgradeable architecture… You’ve gotta love it. I do, anyway ;-)

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Premières impressions (FR)

February 16, 2001

Voici un premier recit de nos aventures Americaines. Week-end de voyage presque normal ces 6 et 7 janvier 2001 si l’on fait abstraction du fait que nous quittions la Suisse pour nettement plus longtemps que des vacances. Nous passames la nuit a l’hotel Moevenpick de l’aeroport de Zurich et prirent l’avion le dimanche vers 08:00. “Pick-up” de la voiture de location chez AVIS a l’aeroport de San Francisco quelques heures plus tard, et nous voila sur la “101 South” – gros axe routier central de Silicon Valley (Yahoo! driving directions) – en route pour l’appartement temporaire ou nous vivrons pour 45 jours…


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