Google Wireless Service?

May google offer a wireless phone service in the future? If US Regulators add a certain condition to an auction for a wireless spectrum of airwaves, Google may make the minimum bid of $4.6 Billion! Article at Javno. I, personally, am all for this. With the way things are going for Google right now, and all the new services they keep improving and implementing, I can't wait to see what they will do with wireless airwaves. The possibilities are endless, but we're just gonna have to sit and wait it out.

ViaTalk Free Connect

In all my research of a new phone service I found ViaTalk Free Connect.  It is a service provided by ViaTalk (one of the VOIP companies I am researching for our home) where anyone with a regular phone service can use to make a free 10-minute long-distant call.  Simply go to the webpage by clicking on the link below, put in your phone number, and the phone number of the person you would like to call, and viola!: Your phone rings, you pick it up, and your other party is dialed by ViaTalk.

ViaTalk Free Connect

The Search for a New Phone Service is on

So, as I stated in the most recent post at my family blog, our VOIP service, SunRocket, pulled the plug to all their customers on Monday without warning. So I am in the hunt for a new service. Vonage is still more expensive than I am willing to pay, so we probably still won't switch to the giant of VOIP. But I did find a service called ViaTalk. Their price is the same as SunRocket's was ($199/year) and with comparable and more features! They are also offering free shipping of their Internet-to-phone adapter to ex-SunRocket members! It is looking promising so far. But in the pressure to save more money I am also looking at Skype: for only about $25/year you can have similar service. You lose the 911 feature (which we have with our cell phones), but then you have added SMS functionality which may be a plus... e.g. Heidi at home with Skype phone in one hand, holding Makayla in the other hand, can still be chatting with me while I am at work, and she doesn't have to sit down at the computer to do it :D. So, we will weigh the Pros and Cons and see what works best for us. I will bring my findings to the table as my research progresses.

Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

So far, I believe, this Harry Potter film is the best of the series. They just keep getting better. I think David Yates did a great job with this film and the special effects. I hope he directs the next two as well. The action in this film was outrageous! Especially the battle between Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort: sand, glass, water and millions of other things flying around. It came pretty close to what I had imagined a long time ago what a wizard battle should look like. I would even go as far as to say that it was better than the action scene between Saruman and Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings. Throughout the entire movie there was never a dull moment. There was comedy, tragedy, drama, and tons of action. There were times when I was on the edge of my seat, then moments later I would be sitting back in contemplation or awe. Overall, whether or not you are a Harry Potter fan, or whether or not you have seen the first four preceding films or read the books, you should give this film a try.

Movie Review: Transformers

My wife and I went to see Transformers last night with Steve and Laura. I was going into the movie half excited and half hoping it would be good. I was excited because I have always loved the Transformers cartoons when I was younger, and I have been looking forward to this movie ever since I heard about it a year or so ago. From critic reviews I was a bit hesitant about the film. But, after sitting through each action packed scene, I could decide for myself. This movie was, pardon my internet ettiquette, SOOOOOOO AWESOME! Seeing the father of all robots, Optimus Prime, transform into the 40-foot giant that he is, was exhilerating; and then to see him duke it out with Megatron was even more exciting. Michael Bay did a great job at giving each of the Autobots and Decepticons a personality that the audience could relate to. This is a movie I wil want to see many times again. Good job Mr. Bay!

WOTD: Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo. My favorite game. The story mode in itself has a lot to offer, but the Multiplayer Mode is where all the fun is at. There's nothing like getting together with all my friends and virtually duking it out in MJOLNIR armor wielding Energy Swords and Rocket Launchers.

Ever since November 15th, 2001 my life hasn't been the same. Yeah there have been great video games, but not like Halo. Graphically it's not the greatest, and it's definitely not a historically correct shooter, but it is (in my opinion) the funnest. Reason: Not a lot of complicated controls like some of the war shooters, not too detailed so it allows for easy analysis of your surroundings, and the Warthog is so fun to drive!