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Faster Slow Internet, Limited HD TV And Buggy Phone Service Coming Soon

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All from those nice people at AT&T.

Anyone have the luck of getting one of these big honking structures in their front yard, sidewalk or have the landscaping ripped out to make room for one?
David ave Rad

A nationwide service outage continues to impact customers of AT&T’s VoIP-based U-Verse Voice service — users of its fiber-to-the-home TV and broadband network for phone service as well. Now home-based VoIP phone users are waiting in Internet chat queues numbering hundreds of users long seeking solutions, and at least a few customers are reporting they’re waiting on hold from their (working) Verizon Wireless phones.

Though there has been no official explanation, customers who have gotten through to support personnel have been advised that the cause is some sort of server outage. That diagnosis would appear to be contradicted by evidence that service has been restored to some areas while still down in others; and also that the outage does not appear to affect TV or broadband service.

Faster Slow Internet, Limited HD TV And Buggy Phone Service Coming Soon

Watsonville Crime Takes A Turn For The Funny

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Ever since a writer from Watsonville commented on getting stopped by our police I’ve paid more attention to that town that I can’t for the life of me credit with anything but gang crimes. This is one that has nothing to do with gangs, and comes from good old W’ville

Watsonville resident Laurence Roscoe Gregory, 65, was fighting with the clerk because he believed his tickets were winners, when in fact they were not, according to Sgt. Saul Gonzalez. The officer talked with Gregory outside the store, located on the 100 block of East Lake Avenue, around 8 a.m. and explained that Gregory hadn’t won.

Then the officer asked Gregory, who was wearing “bulky” clothing, if he had any weapons on him and Gregory revealed the 3- to 4-foot-long sword under his coat. He told the officer the sword was part of his attire, Gonzalez said.

Watsonville Crime Takes A Turn For The Funny

Better Than A Distressed Seagull Alarm, It’s Hawks Hunting Prey

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Until two months ago, thousands of shrieking seagulls would converge on the Marina landfill every day, distracting workers, pecking through trash and pooping everywhere.

The coastal birds have long flocked to the dump to feast on a smorgasbord of landfill leftovers, such as fast food, chicken bones and rotting fruit.

But that’s all changed. There are new birds in town, and they’re shaking things up.

“I don’t know where the seagulls are,” Monterey Regional Waste Management District general manager William Merry told The Pine Cone. “But they are not here.”

Since March, the MRWMD has contracted with a Turlock company to release falcons and other birds of prey to drive all but a few of the seagulls away.

I know where the gulls are, they are feasting from open dumpsters in P.G.Zocalos woohoo seagull
Zocalos Dumpster

Better Than A Distressed Seagull Alarm, It’s Hawks Hunting Prey

Fish Being Drafted To Serve

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Super Secret weapons being developed.. now we know why that innocent NOAA office needs bright lights and security worthy of protecting the pope.

Mr Limpet

In a full-scale regional exercise focusing on the state’s response and recovery to multiple terrorist attacks at Bay Area ports, federal, state, and city officials took part in the Golden Guardian emergency preparedness program.

At Pier 48 in San Francisco, the city’s police and fire departments, along with its Emergency Operations Center, conducted a drill demonstrating the ability of dolphins and California Sea Lions to help protect coastal areas from maritime attacks.

Fish Being Drafted To Serve

Nader Agha Caught By Counterfeit Coin Scam

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Greedy coin dealer gets soaked. This is the same developer that wants to turn Holmans into a giant hotel. One could ponder the kind of labor he would hire to build it.

Peninsula developer Nader Agha, also a rare-coin dealer and owner of the Coin & Treasure Shoppe on Alvarado Street, last week purchased what he thought were three mint-condition U.S. Morgan Silver Dollar coins for $4,500 from a man who said he’d found them in an abandoned storage locker in Hollister. The silver dollars are generally regarded as one of the most popular precious coins among investors.

Nader Agha Caught By Counterfeit Coin Scam

Will We See “Water Menus” Next To Wine Lists?

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This L.A. transplant couple thinks so.

In a town where there is “water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” Naomi and Raymond Del Toro have opened Fine H20, Luxury by the Liter in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Sporting dozens of the world’s purest drinking waters, the couple has elevated water to the echelon of lifestyle libations.

By mid-May, the couple plans to widen their distribution via their website and is already looking into additional boutique locations. “Carmel was an ideal place to start,” said Raymond. “It is a tourist destination with an international reach, and the people who live here are already committed to a healthy lifestyle based on this beautiful location, an artistic aesthetic and healthy eating.”

And because there are enough gullible people that will shell out $5 for 2 cups of water.

Will We See “Water Menus” Next To Wine Lists?

Government Keeping Us Safe – No Cell Phones On Bikes

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Can I still send text messages though?
Trike Dog

But for Ron Johnson and Trevor Pilling-Miller they’re already ahead of the curve, they say hands-free on two wheels is the way to go.

“Just press the button when the phone rings and you answer it,” said Johnson.

“It’s safe you can still have control of your bike and be looking around, actually holding your cell that’s a distraction it’s going to cause you to wipe it pretty bad or hit somebody else,” said Pilling-Miller.

or worse still, drop your call since P.G. has terrible coverage.

Government Keeping Us Safe – No Cell Phones On Bikes

Future Of News?

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Much easier to read than on a heavy laptop and does not get ink on your fingers. No need to clip articles with the online archive of past issues.

From the weekly email announcing the Pine Cone’s highlights:

If you’re picking up a new iPad this weekend, be sure to check out the pdf edition of the Pine Cone on it. We think you’ll be impressed.

Carmel Pine Cone downloading on iPad.

Pine Cone Page On Ipad

I tried to copy the .pdf to the thing both with iTunes and a file app, no luck there. After the .pdf is downloaded it displays real nice. iPad makes a very good .pdf reader.
Pine Cone PDF On Ipad

Future Of News?