Maxwell Thelen

When you watch satellite TV you are, of course, receiving a broadcast from a satellite, but where is that satellite? Up in orbit in the outer reaches of earth’s gravity. Do you have to move your dish around every minute to keep it pointed at the satellite? Of course you don’t, that is because the satellite is in “Geostationary Orbit.” This is a fancy way of saying that as the earth turns the satellite moves in orbit so that it stays in the same place relative to the surface of earth. So, is geostationary orbit “space” that can’t be owned or is it the upper reaches of airspace that nations are usually acknowledged to be sovereign over?

I am now finished with my military training at the Signal School in Fort Gordon, Ga.  I am headed up to Virginia Beach where I will start law school this fall at Regent.  I have had my netbook for almost six months now so I thought I would take some time to write some opinions [...]

I have had an xbxox 360 for some time and have had the opportunity to play with a ps3 that my brother has.  While trying to compare which one was better or which one to recommend to a friend who was looking to decide between the two I came to the conclusion that gaming systems [...]

Right now I am chilling at REV Coffee in Smyrna, GA.  I just had the privelege of enjoying a stand up comedian competition hosted by bleepfreecomedy.com and leftarmcomedy.com.   It was a good time and the coffee was great.  The top 4 in tonights competition are going to participate in the Dogwood (festival?)  here in [...]

My latest purchase is an Eee PC Netbook. It is the 1000HE in black and should arrive before this weekend.  I bought it from Newegg they have had the best customer service and usually the best prices in my experience. It came in around $417 including the 2GB stick of RAM I bought to upgrade [...]

As technology has become an increasing part of the way people conduct their lives day to day it may be necessary to rethink the way home networks are implemented.   As experience streamlines information technology many devices that were separate have become one and functionalities have been added.  For instance, that ordinary looking wireless home [...]