Monthly Archives: February 2007

Ze to visit Ray

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 27, 2007

Ze Frank is in St. Louis to deliver Ray’s remixes assembled through the power of the Internet. I’m sure he’ll have some pithy comments to share of this city for his next show. Hopefully he’s staying somewhere interesting. Had I remembered this was coming up, I would’ve flagged him down for lunch or something. I [...]

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Simple Pleasures

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 23, 2007

Today I removed the car key from the key-ring that normally occupies my pocket, placed it on its own ring, and stored that ring near the door for the rare occasions it is needed. My lightened key-ring now only holds keys to my apartment, and the magnetic key-fob for work. Living and working Downtown continues [...]

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802.11n on a MacBook Pro Core Duo

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 20, 2007

Apple’s 802.11 wireless update came too late for the MacBook Pro Core Duo I purchased last year, as only the Core 2 Duo machines ship with 802.11n capability. Fortunately, you can upgrade a Core Duo-based MacBook to Support WiFi 802.11n yourself, which works for the MacBook Pro as well, and looks as straightforward as replacing [...]

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St. Louis Wireless

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 2, 2007

A local presence and need to diversify beyond phone service likely influences AT&T’s intent to blanket downtown and midtown with wireless Internet. Hopefully they take advantage of St. Louis’ cooperation and provide a fast and widely available system. The last time downtown wireless caught my attention, O2Connect established a small name for themselves in 2003 [...]

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Houseless

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 1, 2007

I think we closed on our house tonight. [update]closed as in sold, and not my problem anymore.[/update] I’m skeptical because we seemed to get so close so many times, but something always interrupted the process. While we today signed the house away, received a check, and confirmation from the buyer of their transaction, I don’t [...]

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