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Friday, April 27th, 2007Next week I move to Victoria. I've been in BC for seven years now, and for all this time I've been not only working from home, but also living on the semi-rural Southern Gulf Islands. Moving to Victoria is a big change for me. Walking or biking to stores is a real option. Hanging out [...]
Minnesota is deploying a solar-powered WiFi mesh network … a model for more?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006While I'm still dreaming of setting up my own WiFi mesh network, looks like the state of Minnesota is charging (pun intended) ahead with a network of all-weather, solar-powered WiFi mesh network devices:
No, that headline is not a joke by Garrison Keillor. From a state better known for wind chill and the latest in fur-trimmed [...]
802.11n will take two years to take hold
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006I've been thinking about WiFi lately. I came into the WiFi world, oh about 2 years ago. I got a 802.11g router and PC card (because my Dell laptop didn't come with WiFi) and I loved it. At that time I could have picked up a 802.11b router and PC card for less, but my [...]
Maybe I don't want a Mylo after all
Friday, October 20th, 2006Long while ago it seems everyone was waxing poetic about Sony's new Mylo (does it come in a high and low flame version?), after looking at the demos and descriptions, I wanted one too. After reading this review, I think I've changed my tune. Sounds like Mylo might be another Sony, looks cool, sounds cool, [...]
I'd love to set up a mesh network …
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006While thinking about the $100 laptops (2B1 officially) and their built-in wireless mesh network capabilities …I thought I'd look into mesh networks. Maybe I could start one. I found RoofNet (which is a service/system for the MIT system) and they suggest using the Meraki system that is suppose to go live this fall (it was [...]
Libya gets the $100 laptop, now what if we could help too?
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006I caught the news today from several sources (BBC … also where the pic is from) that Libya is getting on board with the $100 laptop program for all it's kids. It made me wonder though, what if we in the more prosperous parts of the world could buy these laptops (though Negroponte's organization perhaps) [...]
Got an invite into Live Wifi Center, and it's pretty cool.
Friday, September 1st, 2006You know I love new toys and widgets. Actually, I love new toys and widgets that work and help me solve a problem. Looks like Windows Live WiFi Center (WiFi Center blog) is going to fit the bill nicely.
Long, long time ago (it seems, but it probably was only a year ago) Google's WiFi tool [...]
Hawking's high-gain WiFi antenna, boost your WiFi reception
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006I saw on Uneasy Silence this morning this cool looking WiFi dish antenna from Hawking Technologies (runs about $70). The idea here is to boost the gain and reception with your current WiFi antenna (usually built into the screen in laptops) with this little puppy. So it looks cool. Very high-tech. But … why? I'm [...]
Sony mylo … this is cool and I want one!
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006I caught on Mobilecrunch this morning the item about the new Sony mylo. This looks like one cool, cool device. Wifi, MP3 player, video, pictures and … Skype, GTalk, Yahoo IM, and Opera! Billed as an entertainment device, I could certainly use this for work. Yeah Sony says all play no work, but really this [...]
Is Wanadoo doo-doo for customer service?
Thursday, June 1st, 2006My good friend Hsien-Hsien Lei is my channel editor at b5 moved to London recently. After waiting god knows how long to get broadband at home … she got it … and it died. So it's been over two months now and she's asking for a little attention on the blogosphere. While the support folks [...]
A week without my usual machine … status
Saturday, April 15th, 2006As you know my regular HP laptop had to go into the shop for repairs (thanks to my 6 month old kitten). Luckly for me I have a spare laptop I'm preparing to sell to Lorraine's mom still at home so I've been working off that.
Generally, it hasn't been too bad. Skype, GTalk, and MSN [...]
A small town makes a big leap to WiFi
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005Chapleau, ON is now rocking. And a lot of people probably
haven't slept in a while Why? Late last week they got
high-speed internet as a wireless grid covering a lot of the
town. Oh man can you imagine the downloading that has been going
on? Updates, software,music, games, IMing into the wee
hours. Wow, must be amazing.
After
the fun and games [...]
Combo free tools for better WiFi
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005Couple days ago I was reading Om's blog about a very scary WarDrive done is Washington D.C.—Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Homeland (WiFi) Insecurity—where
it seems that it might be rather easy to gain access to government
networks (Sis, if you're reading this … umm, talk with IT,
okay?). Given that while I am pretty security conscious I [...]
Google's free WiFi VPN
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005One of the little dark secrets about all the WiFi Hotspots exploding all over the place, including my favourite coffee place on Island,
is that they are completely insecure. All of your transmissions
(like passwords, IM conversations, e-mails, etc) are all easily
captured out of the air. Now, this doesn't seem to be a problem,
yet. I am moderately [...]
Time to upgrade to MIMO?
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005Yesterday I found on Gizmodo this interesting deal from Netgear—Netgear RangeMax Deal - Gizmodo—upgrade to their new MIMO router, send your old router (WiFi or regular I guess) and they send you a WiFi adapter for the Router. I was tempted, it's about $100 CDN, I found, for the router. But then I'm going to [...]
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