Stopped in at the Waldo Community branch of the KCMO Public Library this afternoon for the first time in quite a while, and what to my wondering eyes should appear just ahead as I passed the checkout desk but a nice long table with seating for perhaps five or six on either side and-you guessed it-two eight-outlet power strips running down the middle? Bravo, KCPL, bravo! I'm here with a couple of other laptoppers right now, so word has apparently gotten around.
Now if they'd just fix that little issue with port 7000...but perhaps I ask too much.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Drip...drip...drip...
Call it Starbucks Cappucino Torture, I guess.
The latest on their "buy something else and we'll throw a little in" Wi-Fi offer, courtesy of Glenn Fleishman over at Wi-Fi Networking News: Spend at least $5 and register your card, then you can get two hours' free access per day in perpetuity.
Why, Starbucks, why? Why this agonizingly slow, kicking-and-screaming drag towards the free world? What's the point of stretching it out like this? What do you hope to gain?
I'd like you to give me one reason-just one-why anyone would drive past a McDonalds and its free and open access to come into one of your locations and jump through all your hoops for just two hours a day.
Because frankly, I can't think of one.
The latest on their "buy something else and we'll throw a little in" Wi-Fi offer, courtesy of Glenn Fleishman over at Wi-Fi Networking News: Spend at least $5 and register your card, then you can get two hours' free access per day in perpetuity.
Why, Starbucks, why? Why this agonizingly slow, kicking-and-screaming drag towards the free world? What's the point of stretching it out like this? What do you hope to gain?
I'd like you to give me one reason-just one-why anyone would drive past a McDonalds and its free and open access to come into one of your locations and jump through all your hoops for just two hours a day.
Because frankly, I can't think of one.
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