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A homeless guy with technology
We were walking back from dinner and I see a homeless guy sitting in a doorway in a sleeping bag. He had his iPod on and was playing on his PSP. It was one of the strangest sights I've seen in a long time.
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Macworld - Day 2
Another long day at the show; great feedback from customers and the day was topped off with dinner with members of the Sync Services development team and other companies doing Sync Services. I'm quite excited as I see Sync Services the future to synchronization on the Mac.
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Apple let the wind out of my sail
I'm quite excited about the new MacBook and was thinking of buying one (my wife gave me permission), but they're not shipping until next month, so I have some time to decide. A friend of mine mentioned to me today that the new machines have ExpressCard and not PCMCIA slots. A year ago I wouldn't have cared, but I've been using an EVDO card (Sierra Wireless AirCard 580) on Sprint and have grown quite used to it. In fact, the WiFi coverage in the hotel is so awful that I've been using the EVDO card and even downloaded about 120 MB of updates. This card won't work in the new MacBook and I haven't heard any mention of an ExpressCard format EVDO card. If an adapter comes out, I'd be golden.To make matters worse, even when an ExpressCard EVDO card comes out, I want the ability to use an EVDO router such as the Kyocera KR1 which takes a PC Card. So getting an ExpressCard will not be advantageous to me. I guess I could tether my Samsung A900 to the router, but then I can't use the phone when I'm online.So, I'm hoping for an adapter that lets me use a PC Card in an ExpressCard slot; I'm not sure it is technically possible, but I can always hope.
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Hotel for Macworld - One Wacky place
For this Macworld trip, we couldn't get rooms in our normal place, so we're staying at the Hotel Triton. It is one of the weirdest places I've ever stayed. They have different types of rooms and it appears that I'm staying in a Zen room.Pictures are below.
