It must come with the territory, turning eighteen (July 10!) and graduating high school. Faced with so many upcoming changes, it’s natural to be just a bit worried. After all, who knows what could happen if I picked the wrong brand of microwave popcorn?
I’m sitting in a baseball field where my little brother is practicing for one of his games, wardriving on some unsuspecting resident’s unsecured wifi. It’s amazing how many people forget to enable even the most basic level of wireless security. Now, if only I could figure out how to get through WEP keys. There’s a contingent of people saying even the 128-bit WEP keys are a breeze to break through, but I haven’t seen that yet.
Haha, speaking of wifi, this guy at CompUSA was there to represent Netgear. He’s a pretty cool fellow and just purchased a laptop from the store. Last week he couldn’t figure out why his integrated wireless card wasn’t working. Turns out he just forgot to use the “wireless” button conveniently located near the keyboard. Handy way to disable wireless features when you don’t need them…insurmountable dilemma for networking company representative.
Oh, and I got a spiffy new laptop as a graduation/birthday present from my dad. It’s been working out beautifully so far. Even has a handy little “wireless” button (wink). Off to write a second round of thank you notes, birthday edition.
w00t.