Friday, October 17, 2003
Back at the Fort Lauderdale airport using their free wireless and power... Unfortunately here in a metropolitan area I waste time checking my email too frequently, checking the spot price of gold, doing websearches for inconsequential things... I was better off in the Maine woods where all I could do was program.
My goals for the last few weeks of the year are to finish my floating geodesic dome, and to sell off the rest of my belongings on eBay. Let's see how well I do.
posted by John Otis Comeau 3:03 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
In case you're wondering, no I didn't find a wireless node tonight, I'm using the computer in the lobby of the 4 Points Sheraton across from the Bangor airport terminal. They let anybody use it for free, even scraggly-looking vagabonds like myself.
Had my first alcohol in over a week tonight, here at the Americana bar at Four Points: a Sam Adams Octoberfest and a pint of my cherished Bass Ale. Not that there was any lack of alcohol at Ma's house, but I just wanted to see how dependent I am on the shit. Apparently not at all; I just enjoy the taste of good beer and ale. Also I like the bar atmosphere; drinking at home doesn't really appeal to me. Making an ass of myself at karaoke is a favorite passtime also.
I think someone else wants to use the computer, so I'll lay off for a while.
posted by John Otis Comeau 8:45 PM
I can't see that I ever posted my one-pan-omelet recipe. It's something I figured out during my trip to London last June; I was staying at a youth hostel in Leicester for two weeks while studying a few hours almost every day at the British Museum, learning Egyptian heiroglyphs.
To make a one-pan omelet, you put enough oil in a teflon-coated frying pan to cover it with a thin layer. Add three eggs and whip them with a pair of chopsticks (wood or plastic). Put over low heat (if gas, have the flame hit about a 4- or 5-inch diameter circle on the bottom of the pan). Shake it every now and then after most of it is cooked, so it doesn't stick to the pan. If you're going to add anything to it, do so as it's cooking; hot peppers, garlic, and onions are my favorites. Once it's completely cooked (if you like french-style half-cooked omelets, you're on your own; I don't want to burden my immune system with salmonella), fold it over and eat from the same pan, with the chopsticks or a plastic fork (if the chopsticks, make sure to wash them in hot water after whipping the raw eggs with them). Rinse the pan and chopsticks and you're done!
posted by John Otis Comeau 8:38 PM
Finally got my wireless node "sniffer" working reliably. Had to disable the screen saver, start up Narrator (from the Microsoft Accessibility tools) and set it to announce events on screen; and play some music to keep the Averatec from going into sleep mode. I walk along like this with the volume up, and when I passed a linksys node just past Merrimac street in Bangor, it announced "wireless nodes are available" and here I am!
posted by John Otis Comeau 2:09 PM
