Tag Archives: wi-fi

Laptop Robbery Gets Violent in SF Cafe

Posted on April 10, 2006 by deebeedee

Here’s what the victim had to say about the incident at a wi-fi enabled cafe in San Francisco:

“I looked up, and I saw this guy leaning into me as if he was asking a question,” he said. “I leaned

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MetroFreeFi goes Global

Posted on February 14, 2006 by deebeedee

MetroFreeFi, an online database of free wi-fi hotspots in the U.S. and the creators of wiPod, will expand world-wide in the next few weeks. When it started a year and a half ago, it covered only the Bay Area.…  Read more

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Bus Wi-Fi, Now A Reality

Posted on August 24, 2005 by deebeedee

Last January, I posted an entry from a parked bus. Internet access came from a hotspot outside the bus. Well, according to this, buses in our area will soon get wi-fi access from within. The East Bay transit…  Read more

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Camp Wi-Fi

Posted on August 19, 2005 by deebeedee

I’m in a tent… at camp*… in the Santa Cruz mountains… typing this post… just so I can say I’ve done so.

*yup, same one as last year’s, but I didn’t bring my laptop then. The wi-fi…  Read more

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Bus Wi-Fi

Posted on January 28, 2005 by danieldyl

I’m posting this from an Amtrak bus parked in front of the train station just for the heck of it. Or as they would say in ‘pinas, “‘La lang.”

Update: oh, just to clarify, online access was made available from…  Read more

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