Jason Dunn
04-02-2004, 05:50 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.geekbooks.com/blog/archives/000083.html' target='_blank'>http://www.geekbooks.com/blog/archives/000083.html</a><br /><br /></div>"Instant Messaging cost me $150 this month. Yep, one hundred and fifty bucks. Here's how ... After switching from satellite Internet, our wireless network here at ranchero indebto was down for a while. While I previously used Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to have my PC act as the network router, I dumped that setup after moving to cable (performance was horrible with ICS). But I didn't have the chance to get out to the store to pick up a router/firewall ... so no router, no wireless network, no instant messaging.<br /><br />Of course, this disrupted the family routine. While I had a speedy connection out in the studio, the laptop was without a connection in the house. This drove my daughter absolutely nuts. She was miserable without her AIM fix--life without instant messaging is tough for a pre-teen!But then she discovered that she could instant message on Mom's mobile phone..."<br /><br />Heh - this is a great read! :lol: