Internet access at Oshkosh?

I think Mr. Bush was meaning the people, not the phones ;-)
-Kees

("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
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I don't suppose there is any chance that the campgrounds at Oshkosh are
covered by a WiFi hotspot?


Last year a guy outside the N40 showers showed me his PalmPilot looking
thing (might have been an HP or a Sony.) Anyway, he found a hotspot. He
figured the WiFi signal was from EAA, not one of the homes on the south side
of 9/27.

10pm we were surfing with the stylus, next to the showers at OSH.


Montblack

("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
The last time I was there, I spent roughly 12 hours a day walking around
taking pictures. At the end of each day, I couldn't move and had to ice
down my knees and gulp down every pain killer I could risk without losing
my medical (ibuprophen, tylenol and alieve) in order to have a hope in
hell of managing the next day.


I've got some leftover Vicodin from my 2003 surgery. At Oshkosh I take one
pill at 9am and I'm good to go for the day. Once in a while I'll pop a 3 pm
pill. Works GREAT. My feet don't hurt all day.

Oshkosh and a big antique tractor show are the only times in the year that I
pop my vicodins. I've got a pretty healthy supply yet.

I'll be very sad when they're finally all gone :-(


Montblack
"I can quit whenever I want to"

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
snip
I don't suppose there is any chance that the campgrounds at Oshkosh are
covered by a WiFi hotspot?


Last year a guy outside the N40 showers showed me his PalmPilot looking
thing (might have been an HP or a Sony.) Anyway, he found a hotspot. He
figured the WiFi signal was from EAA, not one of the homes on the south
side
of 9/27.

10pm we were surfing with the stylus, next to the showers at OSH.


Montblack

I wonder if that was from either the CAP compound, or the Aviation Explorer
compound?
--
Jim in NC

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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I don't suppose there is any chance that the campgrounds at Oshkosh are
covered by a WiFi hotspot? I see that there is some sort of "Internet
Cafe" in Aeroshell Square, but I once got banned from the "Internet Cafe"
at Sun n Fun because the idiot manning the area saw me using telnet to
telnet into my home computer to read my email with mutt, and thought I was
hacking into their computer or something. At least I think that's what he
thought - he wouldn't actually say what he thought I was doing. So
needless to say I'd be a lot happier if I can use my own laptop to read my
email and upload my photos.

If you can stand the sometimes slow speed (depends on phone and cell co)
you can plug a cell phone into the laptop. The cable and software was
less than $70 and my cell phone acting as a modem runs at 19k.

I can get a duats brief, email or anything else within reason that I might
need from the internet. The only problem I can think of is the cell phone
towers around Oshkosh may be saturated. With the usual free
evenings and weekends, time isn't a problem and you are bypassing
the cell company's data network in most cases so there won't be an
extra charge.

Otherwise you'll have to look for hotspot that may cost some money.
You can find several with an internet search.

I dunno about wifi at the field, but I usually hit the local
Kinko's in the evening.

and if i remember correctly, UW-OSH dorms have internet access.
Lawrence (in Appleton) claimed to also, but I could never find it.

Personally, I really don't want to drag more stuff around.

In a previous article, Blanche said:
Personally, I really don't want to drag more stuff around.

Well, I'll have the lapdog with me anyway because I need to unload my
pictures every night, and my iPod is too old to use that Belkin device
that allows you to unload a CF card to the iPod. So while I've got it, I
might as well get some use out of it.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
If Microsoft made your letter box, all some one would have to do is write
"Burn the house down" on a piece of paper and post it through the door,
and your house would go up in flames. - David Ruck

Well, I'll have the lapdog with me anyway because I need to unload my
pictures every night

We used to drag our laptop to OSH, until we found a service on the field
(run by the aerobatic or classics guys -- I forget now, although I could
walk your right to their building) that will transfer your pictures onto a
CD-ROM for a nominal donation -- I think it was five bucks -- to their
cause.

It saves the hassle (and worry) of packing a laptop, *and* it helps a group
of pilots support their addiction.

Of course, san disks are so cheap now, I suppose I could just buy another
hand full of them...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Of course, san disks are so cheap now, I suppose I could just buy another
hand full of them...

512MB SD card in the new camera...oh ya baby...holds 840+ pictures at
2nd to best resolution. No need to download to the laptop. But...I'd
probably still download to the laptop as a) until I can burn pics. to a
CD, having another copy is nice and b) the laptop goes along with me
anyway for the evening/morning weather briefs wherever we end up for the
night on the way to/from OSH.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Shopping Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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