1. 07 September 2005

    1219 days ago

    Nikon Coolpix P1 Digital Camera has Wifi! GPS next? (by Jeremy Zawodny)

    Camera, Wifi, and GPS. Three great tastes that go great together.

    I agree.

    via Kjell Olsen1219 days ago

  2. 15 August 2005

    Hack Logan Airport wifi

    1242 days ago

    I’m stuck at Logan Airport in Boston, without even a book. Paying $8 for internet sucks, especially when your just at the airport for a few hours. Thank god, whoever manages the wifi login/pay system left a backdoor:

    go to https://nomadprime.subscribe.loganwifi.com:1112/, after having connected to the wifi network.

    Click around until you find the screen that lets a new user sign up, click that screen, and it will say “free internet.” This isn’t verbatim because after you get past the payment on whatever access point is nearest to you you cannot go back, and I can’t exactly remember what buttons I pressed.

    But my flight home has been delayed due to weather, and I’ve hardly even noticed. Wifi rules.

  3. 02 June 2005

    1316 days ago

    Rural internet options (kottke.org)

    kottke wants internet in the middle of nowhere – I hope to be able to move out into the middle of nowhere sometime in the (near) future and get by with some sort of internet connection – wimax ought to be big by then. But I’ve thought about starting a wireless internet co-op and soliciting funding through grants to provide high speed internet to rural folks (myself included) which might generate me a meager salary on the side.

    via Kjell Olsen1316 days ago

  4. 20 April 2005

    1359 days ago

    Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American? -- In These Times

    Just as the notion of affordable broadband for all was beginning to take hold in towns and cities across the country, the patriots at Verizon, Qwest, Comcast, Bell South and SBC Communications have created legislation that will stop the creeping socialism of broadband community Internet before it invades our homes.

    Meanwhile, the United States has slid from first to 13th place in national broadband penetration, falling behind South Korea, Japan and Canada, where effective private-public sector initiatives have paved over the digital divide, allowing more citizens to reap the economic benefits of the open information era at a fraction of the costs we take for granted.

    It was at this point that the incumbent ISPs began to show their horns. The ISPs are loath to loosen their stranglehold on a market that, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association, could yield $212.5 billion in revenues by 2008.

    via Kjell Olsen1359 days ago

  5. 1360 days ago

    EVDO StompBox Project

    Impressive linux box running broadcasting a wireless signal with a verizon cell data card to give an always connected link, even in the middle of nowhere.

    The weekend of April 15 two of us took the system along during an 800mi drive through the high deserts of Southern California (Mojave and areas near). I’m quite surprised how far 1xRTT covers! We had continuous data for >90% of the trip. If the connection was re-established within 2 minutes (not hard when driving highway speeds) established TCP sessions resumed without worry. The only time we had extended data losses were when we stopped behind blocking geologic features (hills, ridges, etc) that kept us from seeing the nearest cel tower.

    Also with gps and an ultra cool web app to google map the car’s exact location at any time… sweet. Also a camera to show where you are.

    This should be good for security situations. If you point a camera inside at the driver’s position (from, say, the headliner or dashboard) you can make the video router start recording upon motion-sense. It would constantly upload the results to an offsite server along with timestamp and GPS coordinates. Even if the thief ripped the system out it would get a few good frames of him/her and store them offsite. If the equipment is hidden correctly it’ll give live GPS tracking and video to help with retrieval of the car.

    Man, this stuff is cool.

    via Kjell Olsen1360 days ago

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