When you start counting the days until a work-free Monday for Labor Day, it feels like fall. But we’re getting mixed signals from the weather. In Texas, today may be the hottest day of the summer, busting the 100-degree mark by a handful in many places.
Why does everybody worry about the Ides of March, but nobody cares about the Ides of July? It’s hotter in July, and that makes people cranky. People are outdoors more, bumping into each other. Many are on vacation, which causes more stress than it cures in most cases.
We heard great wailing and gnashing of teeth from the geek community this week, as both The Big Bang Theory and Game of Thrones ended their original content television runs. The label of “series finale” always sounds so, well, final, doesn’t it?
IoT Playbook Insight: Chris Penrose, Intenret of Things SVP at AT&T announced that software upgrades to their 4G LTE cell sites across the U.S. are complete. Those updates include turning on NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT).
‘Twas a sad weekend for fans of Westeros and the Marvel Comics Universe.
Seems to be a roundball world lately. March Madness ended just in time for the NBA playoffs to start. It’s enough to make one suspect there’s a conspiracy afoot to keep sports fans from leaving the recliner to experience real world diversions like family and friends.
Did the flood of news about 5G from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week make you hopeful or wary? Smart money suggests vendors tend to be, um, optimistic in rollout timelines.
Isn’t it strange how the anticipation often satisfies more than the result? Yes, the Oscars just happened. Enjoy the arguments across social media about how right or wrong the Academy voters were this year.
You know it’s an odd week when it starts with a snow storm in Las Vegas. Yes, the Vegas in Nevada, with all the casinos, in the desert.
