Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I got this Businessweek link from DaringFireball this morning.
"A few weeks after announcing it will shut down its municipal wireless network in New Orleans, EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday that it has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that it is terminating that network, too."
This is what happens when ideas are ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Eirepreneur writes With no plans for wireless internet service is Irish Rail really "getting there"?
...getting back to the issue of onboard broadband Will Knott believes Irish Rail are missing the opportunity to make a lot of money, "and the mobile carriers are missing out by leaving 'coverage holes' on the ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The Economist on Techno-Bedouin.
"The proper metaphor for somebody who carries portable but unwieldy and cumbersome infrastructure is that of an astronaut rather than a nomad, says Paul Saffo, a trend-watcher in Silicon Valley. Astronauts must bring what they need, including oxygen, because they cannot rely on their environment to provide ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I spent a couple of hours last night playing Mario Kart Wii against a few friends - one in Mallusk and two in London. I've written it up here on Lategaming.
It's a good game. You should try it.
Posted in Cool, Games, Made me laugh, Review | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
One thing that is nice about John Dvorak is that he truly has a visionary streak. In all the years I've read about technology, Dvorak has seldom been right. He's managed to cherry-pick the absolutely wrong from the blatantly obvious for years. That has to count for something.
The rant this ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I got this link initially from MacRumors
A new knowledgebase page from Apple:
If you are using Wi-Fi on iPhone or iPod touch and you experience unexpected results when tapping the Location button in Maps, you can refer the respective wireless router administrator to the following URL to update information that Skyhook ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Darryl Collins, local poster-boy for entrepreneurship, writes about how nicking Wifi is bad.
I caught this piece on Radio 4’s “You and Yours” last Thursday. I was so incensed by the lack of balance they were giving the issue of people accessing open wifi networks that I went back and listened ...
Posted in Annoyances, Bedouin, Wireless, politics | 3 Comments »