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Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
A PLACE I COULD WORK
Wouldn't it be great just to follow someone like this around as they taught you how to do one of these surveys?
The inestimable Alan Reiter heads for the seas: Alan is signing on to work with Bernie Dunham, the geek behind Geekcruises's wireless access that I've written about with great glee. Alan's a cell data expert, among other things, who has extended his interest and expertise into the Wi-Fi realm. Bernie is a recent company CIO who was dabbling in Wi-Fi cruising (literally: he's surveyed the biggest boats in the world for Wi-Fi networks) when company politics turned him into a full-time wireless maven. [80211b News]
11:38:57 PM 
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COWARDS ONE AND ALL
They publicly condemn new taxes, but cave when their holiday arrives!
Tonight, Tennessee legislators passed the largest tax increase in the state's history. This happened with Don Sundquist as Governor, a man elected as a Republican. His leadership has been anything but inspiring. Name 3 other Republican Governors in the last 10 years who have increased state taxes by over 900 million in a single, thoughtless act. When the going got tough, the State of Tennessee could not cut taxes and services. The state has been "shut down" except for "essential services" this week. I haven't missed a single state-provided service.
Tenn. passes tax hike [USA Today : Front Page]
11:28:13 PM
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THERE'S A BUSINESS IN HERE SOMEWHERE
Neighborhood-wide Internet access on the (relatively) cheap. Canopy is a $30,000 Motorola 802.11a product that can cover six two-mile-radius regions in a city with high-speed Internet service. At that cost, it's conceivable that a neighborhood coaltion of, say, 1,000 people might pitch in $30 each, connect the masts to Internet cables and put their region online. Link Discuss (Thanks, Howard!) [Boing Boing Blog]
5:48:50 PM
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