internet – Chad Dotson

Bringing the Internet to Mars and Beyond

By chad February 6, 2016Doing Things Better, Neat Stuff, Space, TechnologyNo Comments

With the exploration of space and the eventual colonization of Mars humanity needs to establish a method for improving internet connectivity for people on the surface. One method of achieving this is to place one or more satellites in high orbit around the planet. These would use interplanetary internet(delay tolerant)…

Recommended Applications

By chad January 3, 2010TechnologyNo Comments

This article contains a list of free and/or open source applications I recommend for various tasks. I use some of them, others come highly recommended. This is current as of January 3, 2010. I will periodically repost newer editions of this as needed. Go to the next page for a full listing of applications.

Paid WiFi in Establishments

By chad April 24, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

I have a particular gripe about businesses that charge for the wifi in their establishment. To me, it seems like idiocy to pay up to $15 a month for wifi access at a business. Evidently there are alot of people out there that do it because it seems to be…

Musical Generation By Grid

By chad April 9, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

I found this site via stumbleupon and I think its very neat and different. Basically it synthesizes music based on what squares of a grid are populated. I've toyed with it for awhile and think its pretty neat. Check it out here: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Bringing the Internet to the Far Reaches of the World

By chad January 10, 2009TechnologyNo Comments

I found a semi interesting video this morning on CNN. It has to do with a company's plan to bring the internet to the farest reaches of the world via satellite. It is supposed to be low cost and affordable. Personally, I don't know what the business model looks like…