| WIRELESS
I apologize that this is another week with
only two strips up; pressing concerns in other areas stretched me a bit thin.
Still, if the popular media is to be believed, two outta three aint bad.
My second Ebay sale's
still running! Stop by, if you get a chance, and you may just get a piece
of original comic art for incredibly cheap.
I have now successfully stared at this screen
for twenty minutes without writing a word. That's not nearly a record,
unfortunately.
So, in the meanwhile, let's see if there's
anything worth pointing out in the nerd world, today.
There've been more and more articles on Slashdot
recently concerning devices to provide wireless power to mobile gadgets.
Here's
the latest! This one concerns a device which ends up being about 1mm
thick, and could potentially be worked into wallpaper or tablecloth, for
those who like the occasional ketchup smear on their electronics.
I like the idea of losing the wires. As I type
this, I am sitting two feet away from approximately one-thousand power cords
of varying lengths and sizes that have magically worked themselves into a
hopelessly tangled snarl which, when I move, I'm probably just going to have
to throw away because I don't have a spare month to sort them.
Here's the thing, though -- I HAVE sorted them
before. I've sorted the cords lots of times. And these aren't things I'm
moving around that often, either. Most go to the PC and its associated devices,
and, brother, I try to let that all stay put. But, of course, I also have
my media player plugged into the same strip, and I guess that's where they
system breaks down. You cross one wire, you've started a dogpile.
So, I'm very much in favor of going wireless
-- in theory. In practice, it's only a matter of time before wireless technology
lets you down, and if there's any truth to the movies, it's usually when
you're trying to call for help because there's a psychotic killer running
after you. No thanks, sweet Suzie.
But I suppose you gotta cut the cord SOMEtime
(figuratively -- do NOT cut power cords, impressionable readers). You look
at Star Trek, you'll never see LaForge tripping over an orange extension
cord running out of Data's pants leg. The future will be clean, and efficient,
and everybody will wear their pajamas in the daytime. No room for wires.
The only place you'll see those are at the museum, where they'll be featured
in an exhibit, tangled in a hopeless snarl, with my skeleton poking out of
'em.
Buy three original pages
from Hsu and Chan #5 right now on Ebay! Cheap!
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