August 16, 2002
the great outdoors… sort of…
i think this is the first official entry from out on the deck! i’m addicted to this wireless stuff, man. i’m at the edge of the deck and still - barely, though - getting a signal at 11mbps.
we all know the wap11 access point kicks major ass, but some people say that the linksys cards give them problems. i’ve never had any, though. maybe it’s the pci cards, but my pcmcia works like a charm - although i haven’t had much luck with linux and wep… i use ssh/scp for most secure stuff anyway.
if only this vaio battery lasted longer…
some guy in colorado set up a wap11 with a better antenna (note: a modified pringles can) at the top of a mountain and now he provides anyone in the town in the valley below with free wireless internet access! (ok, that little town is aspen!) what a guy! npr’s morning edition did a story about it too.
looks like the cat’s harassing some birds…
