21st February 2000

The Canadians are gone, but that doesn't mean I haven't stopped needing the home network. Thanks to the Aviator wireless devices (using radio waves, they're safe), we've got the ability to access the Internet anywhere in our house -- without a cord. In the summertime, I'll be able to... sit right next to the air conditioner. Gretchen's PC sits upstairs; when she's there and I need to get ahold of her, instead of yelling or asking her to launch an instant messaging app, I simply create a new shortcut on her Desktop and rename it to my short message. "Let's go out to eat tonight.txt" may not contain anything inside, but she gets the message loud and clear. Providing her Desktop is clean, of course. To make this process simpler, you can create shortcuts to the respective Desktops on your network. This makes it easier for transferring files back and forth. Heck, throw another one in the SendTo menu while you're at it.