Cakes For Your Support…
This month marks the first anniversary of this little blog—
—which started off as an attempt to put a few thoughts on line for a few folks…
In the year that we’ve been posting—
we’ve watched with humble amazement as our little rants, raves and attempts at humor attracted thousands of readers far beyond our expectations—and our home base here in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
Over 40,000 of you have read this blog— with a little less than half that number returning as regular readers.
Of the 7-Million or so blogs that Technorati rates, you’ve helped give us a ranking that hovers around 487,000 or so— a phenomenal accomplishment for such a young blog.
None of this would ever have ever happened without YOU, our readers.
You have supported this blog—and helped mold it to what is is today.
Our mission remains the same as the first day:
We are sometimes serious, sometimes silly—but we try NEVER to be boring.
Because I can’t give each of you a slice of cake— I ask that you grab a treat for yourself where ever you are— and eat it as you read the VERY FIRST post we did for this blog.
Thanks for stopping by—and let us know how we can improve.
My Cell Phone’s Better Than Your Cell Phone…
*** ORIGINALLY POSTED September 7th, 2007 ***
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Today’s controversy about the IPHONE price cut got me to thinking about when cell phones first made their appearance back in the mid 80’s.
I was working in radio then, and back in the day, if you were out in the field, you had one of two options if you wanted to go live. You could use a 2-way radio, or a telephone; the old land line. That meant either a pay phone or a hard-wired phone in some location.
Both had their drawbacks. Walkie-talkies had signal and range limitations– and it was hard to find a pay phone out in the middle of a rural area when some major event was happening.
Then came the cell phone…….
….It was a beast in a briefcase.
The insides of the case were filled with a metal shell that contained all of its electronics. It weighed 17 pounds!
But it was portable.
My beast proved its worth about a week after it was issued to me when a youngster was lost in the woods overnight. The next morning, I was with one of the search crews when they happened upon the boy huddled under a tree. We were miles from nowhere. Out of radio range.
But, the beast in the briefcase came through.
I was on live, with-in seconds, with a report about the kid being found safe and sound. As we trudged through the woods heading back to civilization, we had a live interview with the exhausted but otherwise safe lad. His parents later told me they heard him live on the radio back at the command post nearly a half hour before we made it back to base camp.
They were thrilled to hear him. I was thrilled too– because we’d beaten the daylights out of the competition with the combination of a little luck and some new technology.
With-in a year, the beast in a briefcase was an antique.
Technology had reduced the cell phone to the size of a brick.
Yes, it was still big, and awkward. And you could stab yourself in the eye with the giant, hard plastic antenna. But, it had an optional carry strap so you could sling it over your shoulder.
WOW! Lightweight Portability!
About a year later, the brick became a doorstop.
Now, we were all carrying the flip phone.
A revolutionary concept.
No, it wasn’t like the nice, sleek little phones we carry today— but it could fit in your pants pocket.
It came in one color. Grey. And all it did was make calls. But, now you could charge it via the cigarette lighter in your automobile. With the brick—you had to plug the charger into a wall outlet.
Today, our cell phones can do everything but make us dinner.
Well… maybe that’ll change. I hear Apple is working on one that will not only make dinner– but goes to the store and buys the groceries for it as well…
—Steve
Link to the video and the story Steve covered today on NBC-17
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