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Esoteric Technical Things to Do in Airports

Monday, December 31, 2007

I am currently sitting in a terminal at JFK, which reminds me of my sojourn in Heathrow earlier this year.[1] JetBlue has configured free wireless hotspots, which is nice, but I do not want to wake up on New Year's Day to find my Google Account hijacked and my domain stolen, so I cannot simply [...]

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FONtastic

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I must confess, the news about FON's new deal with Time Warner took me completely by surprise.
The first time I heard about FON was on Ethan Zuckerman's blog. Although I have no idea where that portion of my email archives have gone, I am reasonably sure I started an email conversation with Mr. Varsavsky about [...]

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WiFi Rules Have Reason

Sunday, May 1, 2005

From the FAS Computing Knowledge Base: Am I allowed to set up my own wireless access points on the FAS Network (in my room, office, etc.)?

Students and residential affiliates are not permitted to connect wireless access points (WAPs), including Apple AirPort base stations, to the FAS Network. Connecting a WAP to the network is a [...]

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