2nd 8/17/03

OK, I am back but not sure what to say. Hum, how about Keith going to CompUSA and getting a wireless mouse for $9.99? I want one! I saw it work and for the price it is great – you can be at oblique angles and up to about 6-10′ away and still use it. the bad news is it is 27MHz and right in or near the CB band so I suspect that if a 100W kicker is outside your room you might get some interesting responses. I cannot wait to get a service monitor near the mouse to see what it is really doing RF-wise. I’ll get one soon.

Well, I have to go to the Chinese Super Buffet and then pack for the week on the road. BFN..

Sunday 08/17/03

Thursday and Friday were spent touring the remotest parts of the Florida Central Panhandle, well, actually Panama City area. A guy named Woody was the navigator and I was the driver. The vehicle was a Ford 4X4 and the 4X4 was needed to traverse these unpaved and unimproved (in many, many cases) sand roads. One noteable mud hole was about 2-3′ deep and real slimy on the bottom as all wheels were churning but we made it through with little speed to spare. If you want to try it just get a DeLorme Street Atlas or Microsoft Streets & Trips (much cheaper and nicer map to read), A GPS capable of connecting to COM or USB ports and a big jug of water plus cell phone for when you get stuck (and you will get stuck). A wench is a good option too but we did not have this. We actually finished all the grids on time by Friday afternoon.

Geocaching was the name of the day for Saturday and a second visit to the main Tallahassee Library netted the third find for this area. A Sunday jaunt to the San Luis Mission Park ended in a “no find” due to a number of reasons but one being the GPS only had one Sat under the dense follage. The next two reasons are it was raining and I was alone and did not have the added incentive. So, I think this one will go down as a no-return and a no-find. Tallahassee is full of caches of all types so there is no end to places to visit finds or no finds.

I signed up for dial in internet access provider DialAccess.Net so I can stay in touch in the remotest areas of Florida. During the week much of the time will be spent in hotels with no hi-speed bandwidth so dial in is the only option. As a result I get a new email and it is csjmoore@dialaccess.net . Of course my old emails will work too.

I finally got to the bottom of the no SMTP from the Wingate Hotel where I am staying. The problem related to the SSL and authentication requirements. It was easy once I got past the tier one people and experimented a bit. This is a nice hotel with friendly staff and hi-speed bandwidth plus the price is right.

I have still not fixed the IE6+ error yet and I am still crashing with frequent regularity. This has happened befor but I cannot get my hands on the MS documents to correct it. Therefore, I have to go befor I lose this snipet of blog -bye.