Where does he get those wonderful toys?

[ehowton]

Unlimited access. Its freeing, really. No more RJ45 wired networks, no being tethered to infrequent wi-fi hotspots. No sir, all that's behind me now. Sprint's new Broadband Mobile Aircards provide DSL speeds anywhere there's a cell phone tower. These cards come in PCMCIA for last-millenia technology such as laptops (even my ultra-sleek X1 seems outdated now) to CF cards for truncated operating systems such as found on Palm & PocketPC devices. Mating the Novatel Ovation U720 USB modem with the Sony Vaio UX280P, however, provided me limitless connectivity wherever I happened to find myself adjacent photogoot this past weekend. A full-version O/S with Broadband, anywhere. Of course his most extraordinary home was equipped with wireless throughout, mitigating the necessity of such a device indoors, I was able to check emails, blogs, whatever no matter where we were. In the car, in the country, in the store, or even on Solomon Island, where the majority of our picture-taking took place this visit. Freedom isn't by any means free, but if you have the ways and means, I highly suggest this combination if your inner technogeek is screaming for release from the ties which bind you.





Limitations: As I've mentioned here before lack of solid tactile response on the keyboard is unsettling. It includes a stylus & touch-screen functionality if you're into that sort of thing, but for hard-core, several-hour-long-blogging sessions (such as this one done entirely on the UX280P) becomes tedious, and I found that lengthy responses weren't really comfortable. Certain framed sites (such as Yahoo! Mail Beta) lack full functionality in framed view (as the widescreen display is only 1024x600) but the video quality & widescreen layout more than makes up for this inconvenience.

I threw it in my backpack, brought only it, the USB modem and power supply, and was able to access web-versions of my business Outlook & Lotus Notes, and compete work-capable environment without carrying a laptop bag or anything else. In a word, ideal.

More pictures of our Solomon Island visit can be found here:
http://darkvoyager.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=8269

Comments

breadwinner

[snapper521.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Yes I suppose that could be a good way to get her to stop complaining...

But I think I would think of a middle ground or something.

Or course... by the same token, as I recall, you told me you adore your children, so perhaps the time you spend with them makes up for the time you're at work? I don't know
:-P I have all these high-fa-lootin' ideas about how I want things, but I know when I actually am IN that situation everything will be completely differant.

Re: breadwinner

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I have all these high-fa-lootin' ideas about how I want things, but I know when I actually am IN that situation everything will be completely different.
We said we were never going to put our children in front of the television as a diversionary tactic (We own the entire Baby Einstein series). We said we were going to eat every meal at the table (We're lucky to have two dinners a week at the table). We said the children wouldn't prevent us from camping (I have a $600 tent I haven't set up in 7 years, the age of my oldest). In short, you're the smartest girl I know. Because you know you don't know.

Re: breadwinner

[snapper521.livejournal.com]

*grin* I like that last line. "At least you know that you don't know..." Thats how I read it, even though it isn't what you said. :-P Sorry. It's the ADD in me or something.

My parents did and said something similar with us. We now own so many movies we literally could open a video rental store, because my parent's refuse to allow us to watch certain shows. Though this restriction has fallen away as we've aged.

My mother would be quite displeased with me if she knew how open I am at times. :-P Oh well. No harm will come of my being open about that type of thing that I can see.