March 2004 Archives

Fort Chiswell, Virginia. Not exactly a place that'd make you think "wifi hotspot". No, the Comfort Inn in which we're comfortably staying does not have broadband. Across the highway, and down the road, though, is a Flying J truck plaza. A Wifi-enabled truck plaza. With a pretty strong signal that reaches the comfortable bed in the Comfort Inn. Probably 3/4-mile distance. $4.95 for 24 hours of access. Rock! Flying J is your friend.

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"flyingj"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:0B:FD:C8:B0:46  
          Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3  
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:31/92  Signal level:-75 dBm  Noise level:-106 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:122
          Tx excessive retries:448  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

nntp//rss is an RSS aggregator that provides an nntp interface. That's cool. Leverage existing technology and applications while allowing the user to experience new things in a familiar interface.

Bridging the worlds of NNTP clients and RSS feeds, nntp//rss is an application that will enable you to use your existing favorite NNTP newsreader to read your information channels.

Happy birthday to Ben. Ben is my arch-nemesis from bizzarro world and a valued hausmate/despot. I had the pleasure of meeting him and his lovely wife in Amsterdam last year.

<bob> !time
<ben> The time is Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:29:14 +1000 in Bensland, Australia. Happy Birthday Ben! (subtle I know...)