Which, wait a minute, must be working, because I'm online connected to lothlorien right now asking you about this? This is such a sea change for me, not needing the dongle. Hee.

Okay, so it's probably fine, and I just need to figure out what ip address it ended up with so that I can still manage the router through the offline web interface.

Okay, nevermind, as usual the act of typing it let me figure it out. I now have lothlorien set up just as an access point, living in a demilitarized zone on rivendell. That should work, and no one should have to change anything. Now to tackle voip. And then maybe the Wii! Whee!

Look at me talking to myself! VOIP and fax SUCCESS! I am so happy getting back all my office functionality that I haven't had in over two years since I had to give up cable internet.

So, I'm back on my iBook. My G4 magically came back o when I randomly pressed the power button as I passed by on Sunday.

Whee! glorious speed! it was wonderful! I downloaded ahems, I caught up on a few places I couldn't go to here, ...and I absolutely did not back up any bookmarks that I could have used here.

Then this morning came. Dead again, (only without Emma Thompson.)

Random stabbing of the power button until I get the replacement, but I am a patient and determined button stabber.

Stab............stab........stab........

Behold the manipulative power of the inconsistent reward.

As soon an I can get the G5 packaged up it's heading your way. I believe the box for it is up in the rafters of the garage, that's been the hold up. I know at least one of the boxes for my Intel Mac Pros is up there, so it may come in that.

Cool, ND.

Hope my post didn't seem like I was pushing anything except the power button.

Stab....stab....stab...

Get Free Wi-Fi at FedEx Office Starting Today

Starting today, FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) is offering free Wi-Fi service at over 50% of its locations. The remaining locations will offer free Wi-Fi by the end of the month.

Historically FedEx offered Wi-Fi access through AT&T with a tiered payment plan (daily and subscriber rates). As of today the AT&T service is free and unlimited at the majority of FedEx Office locations.

About 5 years too late for me, but glad they are finally doing it.

Cellphone concept charges itself from body heat while in your pocket

It's also very beautiful - I love the copper edging.

Keeping a phone charged can be a pain, especially at the end of the day when you're out of the house and dealing with a sliver of battery life. If only a phone could stay charged up all day without you ever having to think about it.

That's the idea behind the Nokia E-Cu concept, a slim phone that uses an integrated thermogenerator that converts heat into energy. That means it could get a slight charge while sitting in your pocket against your leg and an even bigger charge while placed on top of a radiator.

Just how realistic is this? Probably not so realistic that you'll see this in stores next year, but I don't think it's so out of the realm of possibility that we'll never see something like this implemented. At least I hope so, as there are few things more annoying than being out and about with a dead cellphone.