Monthly Archives: August 2008

Free Edmonton Fringe Festival WiFi

We’re struggling a tiny bit with the Fringe WiFi, but it’s an amazing learning experience when working with these routers. We’re learning their limitations and how long they take to touch base, etc. etc. For example we can’t bounce a signal through the corner of a brick building without a pretty close proximity. Also encouraging [...]

Mesh WiMax at the Edmonton Fringe Festival

The next 10 days are the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. As part of this the Free WiFi Project (yes that’s the official name now) is attempting to cover part, if not all, of the Fringe grounds. Of course in order to broadcast wifi you need an Internet connection.
Not so simple.
The Fringe Festival is pretty tied [...]

Free WiFi in the Edmonton Journal

An article was published in today’s Journal about the Free WiFi project I started.
An Old Strathcona cafe owner hopes to blanket the area and eventually much of the city with what’s apparently Edmonton’s first free wireless Internet network created by a private group.
Eric Warnke of Free WiFi says the group has set up at least [...]

Best Snippet of Code

I just discovered an amazing blog slash website: as days pass by, by Stuart Langridge. His table sorting script is simply the nicest and easiest to use tool I’ve found in a long time. Check it out.