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Times are changing, and for those of us traveling with netbooks, laptops, fancy phones or whatever--I feel there should be an updated list of stores, parks, restaurants, cafes, etc that provide (FREE) wifi. Here's a pretty decent list of bigger chain restaurants and bookstores that I found so...

does anyone use these? i was thinking of carrying a small one because it has a built in weather radio. they might come in handy if others are using them.

Hello. This question's for "Matt" or "Widerstand" or "IBRRHOBO".......... I bought and installed "System Mechanic" on my PC. (I'm about to start a defraggler on my "Drive C"). System Mechanic stated this may take as long as two full days to complete. Question is: Why would it take this long...

k, I got this crappy lil $20 mp3 player that keeps me company lately. it will only play mp3 format files. I have been ripping CDs in windows media player and saving them onto the player and that works just fine.... but I got a question - my sisiter in law's got a ton of stuff already ripped...

I live and grow food on a river, with my plants being about 15 metres away from and 8 metres above the water level. we used to have an electric water pump to pump water up from the river onto our land but it got flooded out a few years back. since the tubes are still all in place i was thinking...

On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired Via: Wall Street Journal: Like most San Franciscans, Charles Pitts is wired. Mr. Pitts, who is 37 years old, has accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. He runs an Internet forum on Yahoo, reads news online and keeps in touch with...

Just curious on peoples opinion of Open Source Ecology

Any experience, advice, reccomendations? I don't need tons of minutes, just an easy way to make contacts every now and then.

So I'm getting a $350 dollar EEE pc laptop. Optional is a $150 two year warranty that covers everything from it just breaking, to me dropping it or spilling liquid. Anything that happens in 24mos, and I get a new one. So theoretically, in 1 year 10 mos, I could just...drop it and get a new...

I did a search for this and nothing came up.... I just acquired one of these from a neighbor that gave me his old one. It looks like it could be useful for finding yards, stores, location, etc. but it only came with a car charger, and the battery doesn't last very long on its own. Anyone know...

Okay, before you all bite my head off, hear me out. I was thinking of saving up for the eee pc. It costs a couple hundred bucks. (Price depends on the model, but the cheapest ones go for under two hundred NEW. And I could buy used.) It weighs two pounds, and is an amazing machine all around...

Hello all! I'm heading out today later on this evening to invest in another "new" digital camera. What are some tips that you might be willing to share with me in reguards to what I should have my eyes open up to. Also my price range will be between $125.00 and $165.00. As most may have seen my...

I figure a couple of ya'll out there have a boob tube and I got a thinking (yup, there's smoke)! We get D*SH Network and Canadian TV down here by simply downloading the code (yeah, pay-per-view and the girly channels b4 u ask). I have a ViewSat Ultra. Buy the box and the codes are downloaded...

if ur poor and most of us are, goto www.safelinkwireless.com i got a letter w/my food stamps about this. i filled out the shit and got my phone, charger and 68 minutes a month ... it arrived in five days. i'm not sure if u gotta get stamps; they approved a rider i had here and he wasn't on...

Amazon.co.uk: ICOM IC-R3 Radio Scanner + Wireless CCTV Receiver (Massive Bandwidth frequency receiver 0.495MHz TO 2450MHz!!!) - UK Icom Model (NOT Grey Import): Electronics & Photo sorry i cant insert links. i dont hop freight trains but i do have various uses for a scanner. especially one...

Radioshack is having a close-out on Pro-84 scanners. They are very similar to the beloved Pro-83. They even come with big dumbass headphones but it is an in store only sale. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=family I may pick one up for a spare. This is probably the best...

As much as I hate the bluetooth headset I constantly have to be on the cellphone I'm talking to myself dipshits this is a pretty neat little mod for anyone who uses scanners. Attach a CARDO BTAII bluetooth adapter to your scanner. You may have to use a submini(3/32 2.5m) jack to Mini(1/8...

Hey I got a bc72xlt one of those shitty little compact nasccar scanners I was told theres number combos oyu can press while powering on to open up a wider frequency range, but The inter net hates me and I cant find them worth sh*t. Can anyone help, wicked, thx

I've been watching Ebay for a cheap Radio Shack Pro 83 but most of them go for $50 or more with shipping. From what I've heard, it seems like the Pro 83 is the cheapest, smallest, most useful option. I might break down and pay $50 dollars unless anyone can recommend some other decent scanners...

so i found this scanner the pro 82 radioshack good buy anyway i found this scanner criteria and im wondering if anyone can help me understand whether the criteria is compatible with the type of scanner its 100 channel ijust need to know if it has the bandwidth and power what not to catch radio...

this is so fucking awesome. your music @ anybar = 95% of confused, unsatisfied/angered/annoyed customers! Works GREAT!!! VERY EASY!!! CHEAP!!! http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/162/44/

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