[Eug-lug] Mr O mentioned some website cleanup (rant)

[Ben Barrett]

One quick tip & a few links to help your poor little USB wifi dongle...
you can easily & cheaply construct a makeshift directional antenna:
http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ (mirrored at
http://www.exe64.com/mirror/wokfi/ )
also follow the 2 instructables links therein:
http://www.instructables.com/id/E8NV19KY8DEQZJI5IF/?ALLSTEPS
http://www.instructables.com/id/EQARE4I72GEPUCHTHU/
...and, near the bottom of the first page are the most-recent
additions/notes to the page.

ciao,

ben


On 3/1/07, B. Gallagher <bilbobaggab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ya, the Wi-Fi is working great and I am just going to get a land line
> for around the computers.  Getting the directional antenna allowed me to
> see what was really going on in my vicinity and finally understand
> wireless a little.  The bummer is that I can't use the antenna in
> another location, say, on another computer to do experimentation,
> because I need the Internet to do research while I am experimenting.
>
> I have another USB Wi-Fi adapter /w dongle that I can use directionally,
> but it gets 1 Mbps and poor signal strength...and when the wind blows
> the signal drops out.  You get the idea.  Nothing I would use to try to
> learn Linux wireless on.  I do have ZOD on a dual boot with XP on that
> Wi-Fi box, but I think I am going to use a couple of spare computers to
> build a test Wi-Fi and try to learn more...something I can tinker on.
> Basically, Linux wireless Internet is gonna have to wait a while.
>
> WARNING!  EXPANDED RANT AHEAD!
>
> I just got over the Goldilocks Syndrome: first I blew a lot of money on
> computers and ended up in debt; then, I cheap'd out and got a lot of
> headaches; now things are just right on hardware.  Hey, I'm only four
> years behind now!  To be fair to me I've been working six and seven days
> a week, in non-computer work, for the past five years, but fortunately
> my friend is almost finished with the remodel I've been helping him on.
> Of course, the crappy night job goes on, but this has let me dumpster
> dive for some interesting hardware.  So my point here is that it looks
> like smooth sailing on hardware for a while, so take it slow and enjoy
> the ride.
>
> I need to turn my direction to my main focuses: art related projects and
> getting a day job.  I see some expanded possibilities for Tux on
> YouTube; so I am re-energized.  I also solved an important design issue
> relating to the materials for the body of the costume.  Now, I have to
> execute the design.  I should have it done for the fair, but it all
> depends on how it turn out and there won't be a Tux 2.0 if it fails.
> Tux is just a goof.  Just a little moral support.  The comic is another
> issue.  I'll be seriously engrossed after I get 1 GB of memory for my
> design box (I had to steal memory from that one to get ZOD running.)
> Yes, I work the memory margins.
>
> The thing I was saying about the "Gift Economy" and open source is that
> the dynamic of presentation is changing rapidly.  The computerart at euglug
> idea is outmoded and there are better forums for that.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
>
>
> LinuxRocks! wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 01:12:52PM -0800, B. Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:12:52 -0800
> >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Mr O mentioned some website cleanup (rant)
> >> From: "B. Gallagher" <bilbobaggab at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
> >> Thanks for getting back to me.  This is a long winded rant (and, I
> hope,
> >> a little humorous) on the state of this perennial n00b.
> >>
> >> Hey, you asked "why!"
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Wow. so, that was kinda long.
> >
> > aparently i dont have the authorization to add/remove or anything like
> > that (just approve/delete unsubbed postings.) If you can send email from
> > those accounts, you can unsub yourself.
> >
> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
> >
> > Ive been having trouble with wireless phones too... took me 3 months
> > (and 3 phones...) but now I have a 5.8Ghz that will work the distance I
> > need (It turns out that just because its 5.8Ghz, doesnt mean it will
> > work better than 900mhz!) My five year old 900mhz phone works better
> > than pretty much all the 5.8's under a hundred bucks (I got an open box
> > phoe for $80.)
> >
> > I can find it right now, but i found some nice "rubber duck" antenna for
> > under $20, (with magnetic base, and cable with either tnc or sma
> > connectors.) They also had an amplifier for around $100 (onsale), that
> > looked pretty apealing too.
> >
> > Im unclear on if you got your wifi working right or not... is everything
> > working right?
> >
> > Jamie
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