Here's the intro to a paper I'm writing about the need for corporations to change the way computers are used and managed. It seems no matter where I look these days, I see a need or opportunity for pervasive computing.
Trying to kill some time in the Atlanta airport, looking for a network. No luck. Either ATL doesn't do Wi-Fi, or I'm far enough away from the main terminal that it doesn't matter. When I do get a network, I'll check the hotspot maps.
Picked up a copy of my new favorite magazine, CPU (Computer Power User). It's a blend of what Byte used to be, with some of the cool factor of the original Wired, including a Fetish-like section on extreme hardware. My favorite in this issue is Craig Bartell's hacked Wi-Fi network connecting two houses 4.3 miles apart. Very cool, and very practical for lots of rural sites.
Posting from 37,000 feet, on the way to Atlanta. It's nearly heaven - a first class seat, some middling wine, and a laptop for writing. Give me a net connection and I'd fly around the world.
The plane is really empty. The few passengers here are already starting to talk about 9-11. Wait till Monday...
Glenn Fleischman's news today "Texas Instruments' new chips: 10 percent of the power use" is good news indeed. The article is referring to Wi-Fi chipsets. My laptop's battery life with the 11b card enabled is halved. I'm a EE, and it still amazes me how fast we can make improvements in the technology.
Flying to KY today. Flying back on September 10th, I might add. I almost booked the return for 9-11, just for the "see, you can't intimidate me" factor. Turns out I needed to get back for a business meeting on the 11th - how droll we've become again, and how quickly.
Dave had some great things to say about the one year anniversary of 9-11-01. I particularly liked "...So what was the lesson of 9-11 that the US has failed to learn? I think it's that God doesn't think we're as important as we do."
I truly believe that. We won't mature as a species until we stop believing that we're at the center of the universe. That's "we" as in a person, a nation, and a species. The universe, and the time it's been around, is a very, very big vector. I'm just trying to enjoy and be proud of my too-few coordinates in it.
I really, really want one of 
