02.11.04
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at 9 am
The Traveler’s Access Point is a portable device that delivers WiFi access to clients with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of options.
The device consists of a rectangular box, 3 inches tall, 5 inches wide and 12 inches long. When laying flat on a table, there will be two short ends and two long sides. On each of the two long sides there will be 3 PC Card (PCMCIA) slots (Type 2, CardBus). On each of the ends there will be a BMC style antenna connector. Additionally there will be a 12v power plug input.
The slots will be able to take any of the following combinations of cards: Flash RAM cards, Modem cards, Ethernet cards, WiFi cards (b, a, g or other), CDMA/GMS cards, Bluetooth cards, and USB (Firewire?) cards. One side of the TAP’s slots will be designated as ‘WAN’ and the other side as ‘LAN’. Each slot will have a button that allows it to be fully disabled without ejecting the card.
The BNC connectors can be used to provide additional antennas to increase range to the two end slots which are expected to hold the WiFi or BlueTooth cards.
The TAP can be configured to be a repeater, a bridge or a standalone access point that provides a multitude of options for configuration.
The Tap will have a web based interface and a small reset button.
Would someone build this please?
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02.10.04
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at 10 am
I’m sure you’ll see this sooner or later. Listen to it now so you don’t have to see this thing later…
We Got It
The World’s first Human-Computer Interface Design rap.
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02.09.04
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at 12 pm
Microsoft’s MSDN has the following to say about Internet Explorer and the question about what would change if there was fallout from the embedded media patent suit.
From msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/:
“Given the present legal status as well as requests made by partners and customers, Microsoft will, for the time being, not move ahead with the modest steps it intended to take to modify Windows and Internet Explorer as a result of the August jury decision in the Eolas patent lawsuit. “
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02.08.04
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at 10 pm
Looks like this could be an interesting Intro Class at Portland State… Don’t you think?
_This used to link to the registration page for my Intro to Web Graphics course_
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02.06.04
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at 10 am
Yay! Apple’s new Bluetooth Update 1.5 finally supports headsets.
It’s finally coming together! Now all I need is to actually buy a BlueTooth dongle (or a new laptop) and then an appropriate headset to match.
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02.01.04
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at 5 pm
At the very end of the halftime show of the superbowl, did Justin Timberlake rip off part of Janet Jackson’s shirt?
I’m not saying he did, but I thought I saw something kinda strange.
I’m so glad the game started to pick up. 4 minutes left in the first half and no points? Then 2 scores by each side in 4 minutes? Crazy.
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