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February 7, 2002


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Can I say it again? I LOVE WiFi.

My daughter has been cast in a community theater production of <a
href="http://www.thetownplayers.com/" target=_blank>Peter Pan</a>. She
will play two roles: Jane, Wendy Darling's daughter, whom Peter spirits
off at the end of the play, and a Lost Boy

Unfortunately, the theater -- and the twice weekly rehearsals -- are in
San Anselmo, about midway between San Francisco and our home in Sonoma
county. Abby is awfully excited about doing it, and Jennifer and I are
both thwarted actors, so we couldn't very well say no, even though it
involves a lot of extra driving. We've arranged it that Jennifer will
drive Abby down and drop her off. Then I'll pick her up on my way home
from work. But she has to rehearse until 9p. I'm pretty good at killing
time, but it does mean a couple of extra hours with nothing to do.
That's where the WiFi comes in.

I brought my iBook to the first rehearsal this evening, and, as usual,
I checked for an open Airport network in the rehearsal building. Lo and
behold, there was one! I'm using it now. I have no idea whose it is,
and I suppose I should try and find out, but it's awfully nice to have
high-speed Internet access while I wait.

I and many others have a dream of free WiFi access everywhere. And,
oddly enough, it's more common than I would have ever thought. I've
been able to use my Airport equipped iBook in all sorts of unexpected
places. <a href="http://www.bawug.org target=_blank>The San Francisco
Bay Area Wireless Users Group</a> maintains a <a
href="http://www.toaster.net/wireless/aplist.php" target=_blank>list of
OpenNAPs</a>, freely shared WiFi access points, all over the area. If
you've never experienced the joy of unexpected, unconnected Internet
access, I can highly recommend it.


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