Comments on: Mini-me http://valdodge.com/2007/10/23/mini-me/ Random Wanderings and Wonderings Tue, 15 May 2012 01:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Val Dodge http://valdodge.com/2007/10/23/mini-me/#comment-106220 Val Dodge Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:07:02 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2007/10/23/mini-me/#comment-106220 It's true, the J720 was the best camping companion ever. Well before Wi-Fi was ubiquitous, the uplink was done through a landline with the built-in modem or with a data cable linking the computer to a cell phone that emulated a modem. Either way, I connected to the dial-up ISP of my choice. Funny how technological progress has made something so cheap (anyone else remember Fido's $5 + air time data plan?) so expensive (<a href="http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/domore/options.shtml" rel="nofollow">$12 for 1 MB</a>? Please.) I also had an ethernet card, a Wi-Fi card, and a serial adapter to cover all of the other communications bases. Despite years of trying, I've never been able to establish a link between the JLA satellite and Dodgeville. I blame Gleek. It’s true, the J720 was the best camping companion ever. Well before Wi-Fi was ubiquitous, the uplink was done through a landline with the built-in modem or with a data cable linking the computer to a cell phone that emulated a modem. Either way, I connected to the dial-up ISP of my choice. Funny how technological progress has made something so cheap (anyone else remember Fido’s $5 + air time data plan?) so expensive ($12 for 1 MB? Please.) I also had an ethernet card, a Wi-Fi card, and a serial adapter to cover all of the other communications bases.

Despite years of trying, I’ve never been able to establish a link between the JLA satellite and Dodgeville. I blame Gleek.

]]> By: Torontopoika http://valdodge.com/2007/10/23/mini-me/#comment-106219 Torontopoika Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:50:51 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2007/10/23/mini-me/#comment-106219 "I took the 720 as my only computer on both business and camping trips as recently as 2003..." No wonder he wouldn't leave his tent! He had a Jornada to keep himself amused. The real question: How's the WiFi in the bush? Are trips taken only to campgrounds with WiFi? http://hotspots.wirelesstrips.com/ Or are you uplinking up to the JLA satellite? “I took the 720 as my only computer on both business and camping trips as recently as 2003…”

No wonder he wouldn’t leave his tent! He had a Jornada to keep himself amused.

The real question: How’s the WiFi in the bush? Are trips taken only to campgrounds with WiFi? http://hotspots.wirelesstrips.com/

Or are you uplinking up to the JLA satellite?

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