Warwalking Market

After getting fit for my teeth-whitening mouthpiece, I thought I'd do something I've never done before: Warwalking with my 2.9 pound laptop and a Proxim WiFi card. I couldn't get Netstumbler to work, so I fell back on the Wireless Configuration Utility that came bundled with the driver. I'm sitting down on the corner of Market / Grant / O'Farrell in front of the Wells Fargo Bank with a 60% uplink. Whoever's open: thank you. I'm across the street from a CompUSA, but I don't think the access point is sitting there. The strength of the signal decreases the further away I get from the bank doors. This would have been much more fun to do with a friend. I wonder if anybody's gonna ask what I'm doing. Here, I'll have to take a picture of myself. Where's my chalk?

UPDATE: Here I am; some geek who loves free Internet access. Here he is; some student who wanted to pay me a buck for him to check his e-mail. I refused to take his money. Instead, I decided to Pay it Forward and give $35 to a homeless guy in exchange for a book of poems and a local monthly rag. Minutes later, I strike up another conversation with a passing geek. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), I couldn't spend all night on the corner; I had to get to a meeting. Of course, “sniffing” all the way. I couldn't catch an open network until I was actually sitting down in the waiting room. Man, if only every place had free access - this would be a happier world.

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