The place we rented at the beach advertises that it has high-speed Internet access. These days this term “high-speed” Internet is used to mean anything faster then a dial-up line. They even say in their documentation that it is up to 50 times as fast as a 56k dial-up line. So I guess a dial-up line is the base unit for measurement of Internet access these days.

At home I have cable modem access to the Internet. I was a little surprised to find that the access here at the beach was not wireless, but an ethernet plug in each condo. The access speed seems to be a little less the DSL speed, but yes it is faster then dial-up.

The weather has been mixed so far this week. But I’m setting here viewing the ocean with the sound of waves crashing in to the shore and the smell of salt air. Totally relaxing.

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I ran my feed reader for the first time since last week and it came up with over 2000 new feeds. I’m just going to reset it and start over.

5 Comments

  1. Earl,

    Glad to hear you’re having a nice time. We’ve been going down to Myrtle Beach every year with my wife’s family for the past 12 years or so. We usually go down in early January, it’s not that warm but then again we’re talking about early January in Toronto ;) so it’s quite enjoyable for us.

  2. Richard,

    Hey that’s great. I like going to Myrtle Beach during the off season when there’s not so many people, it’s relaxing. During the summer months it’s anything but. I live 4 hours by car from Myrtle.

  3. Yeah, we used to drive down, but last time with my daughter, my wife and I flew to Raleigh-Durham and rented a car. Next time we intend to drive over the border to Buffalo (1.5 hrs) and fly direct from there into Myrtle Beach. The drive out of R-D seemed like forever! We can’t yet get a direct Toronto-Myrtle flight.

  4. I hope you guys are having a relaxing time….love the sunset picture – you always do take the best pictures!

  5. Sam,

    Haven’t been checking the Internet too often. We just arrived back and had a great time. We both very much needed some time away. I’m sure we’ll be talking soon.