pt Goes War Kayaking

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://features.engadget.com/entry/5068632431817387/' target='_blank'>http://features.engadget.com/entry/...68632431817387/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"As the summer approaches, we crawl out of our protective wired covered lairs to sometimes partake in outdoor activity. Last weekend, we went kayaking around Lake Union in Seattle, WA and of course, we couldn’t help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we’d hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was “War Kayaking” we found a ton, charted it with GPS, Wifi finders and we’ll show you how we did it for this week’s HOW-TO Tuesday."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040622-WarKayaking.jpg" /><br /><br />Oh, this is <i>so</i> not fair. As usual, I'll mutter "that lucky pt" under my breath... ;)

[brianchris]

Finally......an inexpensive water-proof case! :lol:

[maximus]

yeah ... but of course it is only certified waterproof until 3 ft under :D

what is 'pt' anyway ?

[c38b2]

pt is Phillip Torrone. His site is flashenabled.com :wink:

[Jonathan1]

I've really have been meaning to go war boating one of these days.

[Sven Johannsen]

WiFi? Heck, where I go kayaking I don't even have cell phone coverage. What do you do in Seattle, kayak from Starbucks to Starbucks?

[ctmagnus]

What do you do in Seattle, kayak from Starbucks to Starbucks?

No. That's Vancouver when it rains. :mrgreen:

[Gerard]

Been using that ziploc bag trick for about 3 and a half years now, since my old Casio E-115. I repair a lot of doublebasses, and several brands of strings come in these incredibly durable, water-tight ziplocs that easily keep out the Vancouver floods. When we went kayaking a bit last year I just inflated one of these a little so it wouldn't sink if I dropped it in the drink; not so much that I couldn't use the touchscreen or the CF camera, just enough to float. And yes, I tested it...The 3835 didn't sink. The bags are a bit over-size, but that allows for some flexibility. Letting out all the air and folding half the thing behind the unit makes it easily pocketable. It's sure cool being about to read ebooks while out walking in the rain. Just have to wipe the screen a lot.

[bjornkeizers]

*shakes head*

pt did it again

[Jonathon Watkins]

What a guy, what a guy. 8)

[ctmagnus]

It's sure cool being about to read ebooks while out walking in the rain. Just have to wipe the screen a lot.

There was a guy on BCTV news a while back doing that exact thing.

[Gerard]

That's newsworthy? lol! I guess a person can read a paper book under an umbrella, or an ebook for that matter. I don't like umbrellas; tend to lose them, so I wear a monster Goretex jacket with lots of pockets. It's kind of hard to turn pages on a paper book with one hand too, and forget about writing anything unless it's through a layer of plastic on a PDA screen.

I wonder if I could bag my Targus IrDA keyboard, then do some typing in the rain? That'd be newsworthy for sure!

[PeterLake]

When we went kayaking a bit last year I just inflated one of these a little so it wouldn't sink if I dropped it in the drink.... And yes, I tested it...The 3835 didn't sink.

That is certainly a test I would have skipped. How do you test for live electical outlets? :wink:

[Gerard]

Normally I use a proper tester with a little LED... but twice in my life I've use side-cutters, once at 120V and once at 240V. Not much fun, that. The arm involved sort of goes dead for about 10 minutes. The 240V send my elbow through a pine shelf, splintered that. I trusted people when they swore the lines were dead...