I started out with the intention of keeping today’s speedlink within the realm of consumer electronics and technology, but it soon expanded into a couple of tangential topics that may or may not be related to consumer electronics. Go figure.

Such is the nature of this weekly What’s Up Wednesdays adventure; you never know what you’re going to get, but I never know what suggestions I’ll receive when I put out my weekly shoutout on Facebook and Twitter. If you want to be featured in a future speedlink, be sure to keep an eye on my social media channels. On a side note, make sure you check out my iPhone contest to win a free WSOP poker game.

Ray Ebersole starts us off by discussing a recently hot topic. Who’s right? AT&T or Verizon? You may have seen some of the recent attack ads from both companies and it’s getting into quite the heated battle. Even though Ray is the proud owner of an Apple iPhone, he’s saying that AT&T needs to “wake up.” Then again, it might be because he has an iPhone.

Jeff Cutler isn’t looking for a best man the way that Paul Rudd was in I Love You Man, but he’s not ashamed to say that he has a few bromances in his life. More specifically, he’s man-crushing on guys like Gradon Tripp and Mike Langford.

Jeandsen Than from EarningStep chimes in with an article on why you should pay attention to your traffic sources. It pays to browse through your Google Analytics account, but you need to act on this newfound information too. Visitors who come via search engines typically aren’t the same as those who come by way of social media.

Ed Lau may be done with school for now, but he’ll be quick to assert that he’s not done with being awesome. Unfortunately, as interesting as he finds it to be, he thinks that Chrome OS isn’t awesome enough for power users. You do have to realize that Chrome OS is designed for netbooks and other secondary devices; not for your primary computer.

Joseph Planta from The Commentary gives us an interesting perspective on the war in Afghanistan. Rather than chatting with politicians far removed from the action, Joseph had the chance to speak with Captain Ray Wiss. The medical doctor spent three months treating the severe injuries of Canadians and Afghans alike, right from the front lines of combat.