Thursday, September 05, 2002

The Desktop Is Dead 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. 6:12:41 PM

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. 6:00:06 PM

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. 3:29:23 PM

I really, really want one of these. 10:08:39 AM

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. 9:49:26 AM

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