Sean Corfield's thoughts on Adobe technologies, software design and application frameworks. http://corfield.org It won't recognize my Verizon broadband card - or at least it won't connect. Network preferences show that it thinks the "Novatel CDMA" card has become an Apple modem (huh?!). Delete the network profile, re-insert the card, bingo! Auto-configuration ... http://corfield.org/entry/PostLeopard_Glitch_2 seancorfield 2008-03-29T17:02:00-05:00 osx wifi BART is going to be offering system-wide wireless Internet access in the not too distant future. Trials have not yet begun but will initially be limited to the four stations under San Francisco (Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell and Civic Center). I do... http://corfield.org/entry/BART_is_getting_wifi seancorfield 2007-04-13T19:23:00-05:00 wifi As my iTunes collection gets larger and the number of open source projects I work on grows, it gets harder to share space on my work laptop so I just took the plunge to buy a laptop for <strong>me</strong>. After a lot of deliberation - and negotiati... http://corfield.org/entry/Mmm_Shiny seancorfield 2007-03-20T16:26:00-05:00 personal osx wifi Philips have <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2010914,00.asp">announced they will ship a wireless Skype-enabled phone</a>. Not much details in the eWeek article but it's an interesting sign of just how mainstream VOIP in general (and Sky... http://corfield.org/entry/Skypeenabled_Mobile_Phone seancorfield 2006-09-07T19:40:00-05:00 wifi An <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/04/State/Wi_Fi_cloaks_a_new_br.shtml">interesting case in St Petersburg, FL</a> about a man charged with "unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony" for camping outside someone's house... http://corfield.org/entry/Borrowing_WiFi_a_Crime seancorfield 2005-07-06T22:36:00-05:00 wifi It's nice to see <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/13/vodafone_connexion/">in-flight wi-fi becoming a reality</a>. The rates may seem steep but if it allows you to do a couple of hours of useful work online during a flight, that's a prett... http://corfield.org/entry/InFlight_WiFi seancorfield 2004-12-13T17:33:00-05:00 wifi I began to have problems with my year+ old D-Link WAP so I decided it was time to treat myself to a shiny new <a href="http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/">Apple AirPort Express</a>. I just installed it. Which involved sticking an ethernet cable int... http://corfield.org/entry/Apple__AirPort_Express seancorfield 2004-09-21T22:29:00-05:00 osx wifi <a title="UK scientists roll out Wi-Fi proof wallpaper | The Register" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/wifi_wallpaper/">UK scientists roll out Wi-Fi proof wallpaper | The Register</a>: something to keep an eye on if you're worried about... http://corfield.org/entry/WiFiproof_Wallpaper seancorfield 2004-08-12T10:57:38-05:00 wifi The BBC report that <a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3607357.stm">WiFi is coming to trains in Britain</a>. GNER (Great North Eastern Railway) ran a trial of the service a while back and have deemed it a success so now th... http://corfield.org/entry/WiFi_By_Rail seancorfield 2004-04-08T10:27:21-05:00 wifi I was very pleased to read about <a target="_blank" href="http://news.com.com/2008-1032-5178988.html">Connexion's plans to roll out wireless Internet in planes</a> this year with some European airlines. The ability to stay connected and get work done... http://corfield.org/entry/Flying_WiFi seancorfield 2004-03-26T14:41:25-05:00 wifi I was pleased to see that WiFi has proved sufficiently popular in the U.S. McD's that they're <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/34746.html">setting up WiFi in the UK</a> with the help of British Telecom's OpenZone. http://corfield.org/entry/WiFi_Comes_to_UK_McDonalds seancorfield 2004-01-07T12:37:47-05:00 wifi It's been a while since I blogged anything about wireless networks but this is too cool to pass up. Intel have produced a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/">Macromedia Central</a> version of their <a target="_blank"... http://corfield.org/entry/Central_WiFi_HotSpot_Finder seancorfield 2003-10-30T17:21:02-05:00 mx wifi McDonald's WiFi experiment seems to be <a target="_blank" href="http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/002827.cfm">continuing apace</a>. I have two McDonald's locally and one of them (Grove Way, Castro Valley, CA) is now part of the program. Unfortunatel... http://corfield.org/entry/McWireless seancorfield 2003-07-09T22:18:18-05:00 wifi