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[vansmack]

Now here's a sweet solution...
 
 If you're like me and your home entertainment system is hooked to the interwebs, you've likely got a long cable cable running from your router across the room (or maybe in a different room) to your home theater system.  My particular set up is a wireless router connected via a 50 foot cable to a 4 port switch, which then hooks up to my DVR, an Xbox 360, a slingbox, and a wireless media sharing device that I really should sell because I never use it.
 
 Anyhow, I've wanted to go all wireless for a long time but the wireless adapters are still around $80 each and I'd need four of them, not to mention that I have not been happy with G speeds for gaming anyway.  $320 is not worth the price to get rid of one long cable that smackette hates.  Even she agrees.  But now that's changed.
 
 D-Link released today a 4 port wireless N Bridge for your home entertainment system.  One product, $119, that hooks up four of your devices to your wireless network, at N speeds.  
 
 Brilliant.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Now here's a sweet solution...
 
 If you're like me and your home entertainment system is hooked to the interwebs, you've likely got a long cable cable running from your router across the room (or maybe in a different room) to your home theater system.  My particular set up is a wireless router connected via a 50 foot cable to a 4 port switch, which then hooks up to my DVR, an Xbox 360, a slingbox, and a wireless media sharing device that I really should sell because I never use it.
 
 Anyhow, I've wanted to go all wireless for a long time but the wireless adapters are still around $80 each and I'd need four of them, not to mention that I have not been happy with G speeds for gaming anyway.  $320 is not worth the price to get rid of one long cable that smackette hates.  Even she agrees.  But now that's changed.
 
 D-Link released today a 4 port wireless N Bridge for your home entertainment system.  One product, $119, that hooks up four of your devices to your wireless network, at N speeds.  
 
 Brilliant.

I recently moved and got Verizon FIOS who give you a wireless router with the internet service, so I installed third party firmware on my old router and made it a wireless ethernet bridge, basically the same thing I guess, except at G speeds.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
  I recently moved and got Verizon FIOS who give you a wireless router with the internet service, so I installed third party software on my old router and made it a wireless ethernet bridge, basically the same thing I guess, except at G speeds.

Qwest must be crapping themselves.
 
 Nice work - any problem gaming on G speeds?  I had one of the first G adapters years ago and didn't like the performance.  Are they improved?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Qwest must be crapping themselves.
 
 Nice work - any problem gaming on G speeds.  I had one of the first G adapters years ago and didn't like the performance.  Are they improved?

Qwest still dominates in the city, but I moved to the suburbs.  I havent played much online with it yet, have only had it setup for two days now, but will let you know.  Only problem so far is that my wireless rear channel speakers are conflicting with my wireless network.  Which kind of blows.

[vansmack]

I met with folks from Portland who were inquiring about a very interesting model for the city.
 
 The idea was for the City to invest in the cost of laying the fiber, and then letting the Internet Service Providers compete over who provides the service over that fiber, not offering an exclusive contract to any one provider.  Qwest was trhe roadblock last I heard.  I should find out where that's at.  Sounds like a huge bonus for both the provider (no up front infrastructure costs) and the consumer (competition drives the price down) if it happens.

[vansmack]

Best headline I've seen yet...
 
 Happy Gays are Here Again

[vansmack]

My ongoing obsession with Virgin America just got better:
 
  <img src="http://www.virginamerica.com/images/email/20080507/clubhouse.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 ACCESS GRANTED:
 WELCOME TO THE CLUBHOUSE AT SFO
 
 We are now pleased to offer Elevate Members the opportunity to enjoy the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at San Francisco Airport. Lounge in this sleek modern retreat with gorgeous bay views and a full bar. Sip fresh coffee or a martini while surfing wireless internet or take a shower and freshen up.
 
 To get more details and pick up your pass, stop by the Virgin America check-in counter.
   
 
 The Clubhouse is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

[walkonby]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Best headline I've seen yet...
 
 Happy Gays are Here Again

i love the fact that gay people want to ruin the union of marriage as well.  did they read the heterosexual twenty first century handbook?  morals are out, diversity is in.  the divorce rates among gays will be triple what it is for those other straight things that walk around.

[vansmack]

Sweet.
 
 Anaheim Awarded 2010 All Star Game

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Sweet.
 
 Anaheim Awarded 2010 All Star Game

i'm fairly certain this falls under "things only smackie cares about".  let's stay on topic here, please.

[vansmack]

Fair point, sweetcell.  
 
 It baffles me that President Bush would rather go to Saudi Arabia twice in four months and beg the Saudi king for an oil price break than ask the American people to drive 55 miles an hour, buy more fuel-efficient cars or accept a carbon tax or gasoline tax that might actually help free us from what he called our �??addiction to oil.�?�
 
 There is no doubt that Thomas Friedman is at my table of five for my dream dinner with folks who are alive.  But who else would be there?

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  There is no doubt that Thomas Friedman is at my table of five for my dream dinner with folks who are alive.  But who else would be there?

My guests would probably be Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Markos Moulitsas and Glenn Greenwald. Friedman would be the waiter whose previous job was outsourced to India.

[vansmack]

I had some very interesting conversation with the ladies last night.  
 
 Brooke, who was from New Hampshire, and I agreed that while she was sitting on my lap it was better for both of us that she had her "clothes" on and I had a beer instead of her being naked and me drinking an orange juice.
 
 Frankie relented that she wasn't "from around here" after she said "tawk" and "hawt" but that she had been here for a while and she learned the accent from her dad, who was from Baltimore.  Because she announced every syllable in Bal ti More I know that was false too.  Classic Jersey girl.
 
 Heaven and I agreed that that wasn't her real name, but that she probably was from Dublin.  California.
 
 Brooke tried to entice me into the champagne room because "it's more laid back, you get more dances, and you can touch.  It's not cheating, you know."  I politely declined and disagreed with her that it was not cheating.  I wish I had said, "Well, let's call it cheating and go back to your place where you get touched and I save $100" but I didn't have the quick wit with me at that moment.  Distracted by the nakedness.
 
 I'm sure there was more but I just can't remember them right now.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Somebody's been hitting the bottle a little early today.

[thirsty moore]

You mean penicillin right?
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Somebody's been hitting the bottle a little early today.