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Tuesday, March 05, 2002 |
Paul Boutin writes an eloquent piece about WiFi's future. And I'm sitting here, reading about meshed networks cobbling together to create some form of wireless internet. So far lots of promising ideas and propositions, but the models that failed for riccochet and metricom pretty much show that we haven't figured it all out yet. WiFi however, is the single most important technology in my life today. For 802.11b delivers what they said couldn't be done. "You can't take a web page with you to the bathroom". Ha! Not only does WiFi deliver on that promise, I took a photo to proove it as I read the Salon piece (Thanks Christina, for getting Daddy's camera and not asking questions) in my downstairs bathroom. I do this everyday mind you, and I find using my iBook accretive to my overall experience. And there is indeed a serious network of 'buddies' who ensure that their guests can use their wireless works in the comfort of their commode. In fact, I just might start a chain of 'Surf & Turd' shops, where you rent a comfortable stall by the dump. WiFi included. Hmm, now for a slogan....  [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
1:52:37 PM 
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Boston Globe. MIT team develops mini-copter. Great controls engineering. The UAV space is about to explode. An effective control system has been the major impediment to broad use of UAVs. The controls solutions afforded in this area will also apply to personal aircraft. With simplified navigation and flight management, there is absolutely no reason you couldn't build a personal aircraft, that virtually flies itself, for less than the cost of a mid-range BMW. All the other impediments have been solved. BTW: current FAA rules make it possible for anybody with a drivers license to fly an aircraft that travels at less than ~55 knots.
''You can push a button, and it does a roll and keeps on flying,'' said team member Vladislav Gavrilets, a 27-year-old aero-astro doctoral candidate from Moscow. ''That has never been done before.'' [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
12:51:59 PM
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Wireless computing: Paul Boutin: Waiting for Wi-Fi. "Wi-Fi Nation is on indefinite hold, at least until computer-carrying consumers can roam beyond the invisible tether of the base station at the office, or the Airport in the family den. With tens of millions of customers ready to be wireless by next year, and the price of a Wi-Fi laptop dropping below $1,000, why isn't AT&T setting up antennae for us, instead of shutting down its Digital Broadband service?" [Scripting News] [Mac Net Journal]
11:46:40 AM
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Weblogs are perfect for Google: "frequently updated websites crammed chockfull of tasty links. It's no wonder that Google loves Weblogs so much. Of course, if that's the case, why doesn't every Google search land the searcher on a blog? That question underscores a crucial point about weblogs and Google: weblogs are the voters in this political system. In other words, weblogs don't get elected by Google... but the sites they voted for do. So even if you never visit a blog, you're being influenced by them. The collective votes of the weblog community are determing what sites you see on Google, the world's largest search engine"
(on MicroContent News, via Roland Tanglao's Weblog) [Too Much News]
9:05:22 AM
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Chinese explorers 'discovered America' [The StraitsTimes]
But did the have a flag?
7:52:55 AM
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BBC News. Mapping the brains of meditating monks. Cool.
>>>Dr Newberg explained: "During meditation, people have a loss of the sense of self and frequently experience a sense of no space and time and that was exactly what we saw." <<< [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
7:44:10 AM
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A Site for Seeing Amazon Sales. Authors have a new way to track sales. Also: Downloads for the visually impaired ... The Canterbury Tales get a facelift ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. [Wired News]
7:40:01 AM
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The face of the Net is a-changin'. Long the playground of the young, affluent and geeky, the Internet is now attracting a more diverse crowd, Jupiter Media Metrix says, including people over 50. [CNET News.com]
Many Geeks are over 50!
7:26:13 AM
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Ballmer: Sanctions would destroy Windows. Microsoft's CEO says his company would have to withdraw Windows from the market if a federal court approves sanctions being sought by nine of the states in the antitrust case. [CNET News.com]
So what's the downside?
7:22:27 AM
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