I may have reached some sort of geek apotheosis here. I can now connect wirelessly to the Internet in four ways. 802.11b and 802.11g of course, not so geeky. But now I've got one of these, to go with this. So I can connect via cellular modem at 14.4 kBps... eh. But: I also get wireless broadband, thanks to Verizon's EV - DO infrastructure. And even though I'm 65 miles away from New York City, I still get just a smidgen of the broadband signal. It's about 3.5 times slower than my in - house WAP, but the fact that I can get the broadband signal here probably means I'll have decent throughput on the train, which will only improve as I approach the city.
This should make my transformation into Mobile Professional Consultant Guy complete. The aluminum briefcase was only the beginning.
I can now work anywhere between here and New York, doing exactly the same work I would at a desk in an office or at home. That means more billable time while in transit, less time working at home, and techno - frazookery. For those who don't know, that's the quality of being tech - savvy enough to impress those who pay you, while maintaining humility before those who are truly skilled.
The first modem I ever bought was a 2400 baud PC card modem for my second laptop, back in 1993 or so. Now, I can get better - than - DSL speeds mashed into the same form factor with a bulbous antenna - bearing bit on the end. That's progress, baby! I adore owning things that They Said Would Come (still waiting for flying car, jet pack, tasty Soylent Green, etc. and so on). My very first laptop had a 20MB hard drive and cost $3,000; now I've got 1GB in a pendant smaller than my thumb that I bought for less than $60 off ebay from a guy out in the Midwest somewhere.
Frazookery. Live it.
