Had an interesting experience while slogging through rush-hour traffic on the 10-East last night. I'd heard all the podcasts on my phone so I had my laptop on the passenger seat running the excellent MOC (console audio file player). I found myself driving next to one of those long articulated Foothill Transit buses and remembered hearing that they had free wifi. At a stopping point (this was rush hour) I checked the wireless networks list and sure enough there was foothill-1642. I got behind the bus and the next time traffic stopped I clicked and joined the network. I would have tried loading a page but traffic started moving again after that. Darn!!

Was just down at Las Galas in Little Tokyo, enjoying a chicken bowl and some free wifi, courtesy of Little Tokyo Unplugged. Would've written this posting from there, but my sister IM-ed me and we chatted about stuff while I ate. Just another example of what's cool about free municipal wifi. I was consulted by other museum staff when they were talking about it, and I pushed hard for the idea. They did a good job, except for the login screen - it works for web browsers but will be a problem for browserless devices like Skype phones and the like. Anyway, free wireless is not such a huge thing yet, but we'll be seeing more and more wifi-capable devices in the future, and having wifi is another reason to visit a place. I wish there was an org like the Personal Telco Project down here in LA tho..