"Well, it was bound to happen eventually."
I got a call a few weeks ago on a Saturday from a Verizon employee. He wanted to confirm that I had received notice that my service was going to be "upgraded". Of course, I had not. So he proceeded to politely explain that I was going to be switched over from a CAP line to a DMT line. That's a good thing. Unfortunately, I was going to need new hardware. In itself, that's not bad, but it does preclude my use of a static IP.
I started out looking for classes to take during Summer and Fall sessions. I'm thinking of maybe taking some math, communications, or more economics classes. We'll see.
But in the course of looking up some references for the history of rhetorical argument and its personalities (one of the class descriptions mentions Stephen Toulmin and Chaim Perelman), I discovered this argument against boycotting French goods.
I'm perplexed. A few years ago I bought a Dazzle Digital Video Creator. The DVC was - and still is - an amazing device, even though at first glance it doesn't seem like it does much.
The purpose of the DVC is to convert video from a VCR or camcorder into digital video. The DVC itself is a box that plugs into a USB port on the computer. The box has inputs and outputs for video and stereo audio. So far, nothing here is remarkable.
In the convenience stores around town they've been selling these cans of Frito-Lay products that are a complete rip-off. You've probably seen them - black plastic container with a curvy shape and a brightly-colored shrink-wrap label. In them, you might find Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos, and a few other odd concoctions that have never been seen before.
I saw this container sitting on the shelf at Wawa, and thought that maybe it's time to take a closer look at what's going on with this new packaging.