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Wednesday, August 28, 2002Surfing in Seattle@ 10 pm | PermaLinkThis weekend a branch of my family had a reunion for the first time in 40 years. The Vasboe clan met in Federal Way, Washington about 40 miles south of the Space Needle. The activities of the day wrapped up by 9:30pm, so by 10:30 I was on the road, armed with my iBook, MacStumbler and a vague sense of direction. I hit one of the major highways (HWY 99) and headed towards the bigger city. At about the ten mile mark and two suburbs later, I came across an intersection with an open access point. Most of the points you see are 'tmobile' which is the fee-based service offered by Starbucks. The two access points I came across were both open pipes to the internet. After a bit of homing in I settled into a signal that was strong enough to maintain the connection. Quick, and free, I was surfing along checking a few sites while my mail downloaded in the background. My sister-in-law checked in on an e-bay auction she had been interested in and I even checked in with my small Jabber roster to see if anyone was online. It's interesting that this scenario could occur: HIGH-SPEED, WIRELESS, FREE Internet connections, just sitting around, hanging out waiting for someone to use them... (Of course, this is nothing compared to the amount of coverage that is available in Portland. Thanks PersonalTelco!)
Monday, August 26, 2002War Powers Resolution@ 07 pm | PermaLinkInteresting Reading: http://writ.corporate.findlaw.com/dorf/20020306.html It looks at the issues revolving around what position Congress should be taking in regards to Bush's War. I've included the text in the Read More section.
Friday, August 16, 2002Stops Junk Cold@ 08 am | PermaLinkYes! http://phonezilla.net/3stations/archives/000400.php Finally a way to stop some of this stuff, legally. I'm at WebVisions today, where I'll be the Stage Manager. Wish me luck! http://www.oregon.org/webvisions/
Thursday, August 15, 2002Locks of Love@ 01 pm | PermaLinkI recently cut off 9 inches of my hair, just a bit short of what's needed for this organization: http://www.locksoflove.org/. It's too bad as I would have loved to have donated my hair to this group, and I could have taken another inch off to get it to that length. I should be out to that length in another 4 years or so... I'll have to try again then. It will be interesting to see if I have my journal archives still available in 2006... :)
Sunday, August 11, 2002Newton AC Adapter Notes@ 10 am | PermaLinkNow that the Wi-Fi connection is working, I'd like to get a couple of accessories for my Newton MessagePad 2000. Highest on my list is a power adapter, so that I can plug it into the wall and operate withput having to drop in freshly recharged batties constantly. (The wi-fi card takes a lot of juice.) So I've found the following info: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB7 7) What kind of AC power adapters should I use? "The best advice is to use a Newton-branded adapter. Any Newton adapter will work with any Newton. There are two adapters, the original adapter (shipped with MP1x0s) and the 9W adapter (officially for MP2x00 and eMates). Both work in every Newton but the 9W adapter charges batteries faster than the original adapter (except in the MP100)." More in the read more section. Then there were some recent e-mails: "The Radio Shack unit that is mentioned in the FAQ (http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB7) has been working fine for my wife now and hasn't given us any problems. It's And this message as well: "The other issue is that the Newton is very well matched to the voltage/current characteristics of the original power adaptor. So you can achieve optimum results for charging the battery inside the Newt in case of you use the original power supply only. "The ideal alternative power adapter should have voltage regulation AND active current limitation as well. "Most of the ac adaptors you can find are very simple - only one way rectifier, no regulation, no active current limitation. I do not recommend using such an adaptor. "If you use a regulated adaptor with an output of 6 V I do not expect any risk for the Newt, but the batteries will charge very slowly. "If you intend to use an regulated adaptor with 7.5 V output voltage you should be very careful regarding the max. charging current. "What I successfully did was using a laboratory power supply, set to max. 7 V output voltage and max. 1A output current. But charging in this configuration is still remarkably slower compared to charging with the original power supply. "You should be very very careful doing experiments with different power sources - I am burned already - I destroyed my MP2100 once completely."
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