[geeks] Fun Topic: What do you carry?

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Fri Dec 28 16:11:30 CST 2007


On Dec 28, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:25:19PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Mike Hebel wrote:
>>
>>> Aren't you still carrying around the EVDO dongle as well?
>>
>> It lives in the backpack with all the other USB stuff.  Wherever I  
>> go, I
>> have network access.
>>
>> I'd like to take one of $ork's low-power evaluation boards and  
>> turn it
>> into a truck PC that would act as a wireless access point (and  
>> provide a
>> semipermanent home for the EVDO dongle).  Combined with a little  
>> squid
>> and Google Ads magic, I could not only have network access  
>> everywhere,
>> but also share it with others and get some tiny trickle of cash back.
>
> I've long wanted a car network access port.  I didn't think of the
> reselling idea though.

It is an incredibly tempting idea...

Mike Hebel
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