Cheap Home Phone

Well long distance is not far from being history I hope never to see another 80-90$ phone bill.
Its been about 7 months since I subscribed to a Broadband telephone service and life is getting better a mere 22.09 a month after taxes give me UNLIMITED calling to the USA, Canada and western Europe "not like I needed Europe".
My choice after much thought was Broadvoice Just hit that link and read up!
I also got the router SIP box with 2 lines "they leave the second line unlocked for any use, like a different line or carrier if you wish. The upfront costs came to about 90$ after taxes then its been nothing but good 19.99 is the actual cost and theres even a in state version for 9.99 cheap enuf.
So, go look find a few bills from your local Bell company and I dare you to find a reason not to try it unless your "bandwidth challenged"or still on a dial-up...

War Is Heck!

EA Games new installment of the BF1942 is here! Battlefield 2, I want it gotta have it just can't get the demo to run!? Now the bad news, unlike many other games in the last few years this one simply will not run unless you meet the following minimum requirements. "quoted from EA Games"

Battlefield 2 has the following minimum requirements. If your computer does not meet these requirements, the game will not run properly if at all.

Windows XP (32 bit version) with Administrator rights.
1.7 GHz or faster processor.
512 MB or more RAM.
Supported 128 MB video card with the newest manufacturer drivers.
CD Version, 8x or faster CD/DVD drive.
DVD version, 8x or faster DVD drive.
2.3 GB free hard disk space plus space for the Windows swap file and save data.
If you would like to take advantage of the higher detail video settings Battlefield 2 offers, we recommend the following specifications.

2.4 GHz or faster processor.
1 GB or more RAM.
Supported 256 MB video card with the newest manufacturer drivers.
Supported Processors:

Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, Extreme Edition, Celeron D.
AMD Athlon XP, Athlon 64, Athlon 64-FX, Sempron.


Supported Video Cards:

ATI Radeon

X700 (PCIe), X600 (PCIe), X800 XT Platinum Edition, X800 PRO, X300 series.
9800 series, 9700 series, 9600 series, 9559 (RV350LX), 9500 series, 8500 seies.

NVIDIA GeForce

6600 (PCIe), PCX 5900 (PCIe).
5800 series (AGP).
6800 Ultra, 6800 GT, 6800.
FX 5950 series, FX 5900 series, FX 5700 series.

Soo, Perhaps its time to bite the bullet and visit one of my favorite vendors GEEKS.com or Tigerdirect.com for a new video card to replace the old? Or perhaps there will be a hack to force it to work? Time will tell. I'm sad now hoped for another year out of my current rig.

Lunchtime Photos

Neat lighting, I was lucky with composing this one off a Palm Zire71. SteaZ "Thanks Eric & Steve" Great soda I reccomend to all.

The Beginning... My 1st post.

Well Google has me, I'm sold still not sure what they are selling but, so far its all free...
Picasa2 is perhaps one of the coolest FREE programs I've downloaded in some time and in turn brought me here. Not sure what the overall vision is yet but I'm working on it and will try to create cool content for my enjoyment and hopfully others as well.
"I'll be back"