SO I am in Edinburgh to visit the eScience Center (one of my favorite places). The trip was pretty cool – I got upgraded to business class on United – mad props to them. But this story is about something else.
\n– The hotel has free networking – but not WiFi
\n– I have a Mac Air with no wired network port
\n– I had not bought the $10.00 USB Ethernet adapter (because I am stupid)
\nSo here I am at a hotel and not able to connect to a free network. That is a tiny bit ironic but mostly sad.
\nThe ironic bits are what happened next…
\nIrony #1: I walk around for a while asking various Internet cafes if they have USB Ethernet (knowing that this is very rare) and finally one tells me there is an Apple store *1 block away from my hotel* and if I had made a left turn out of the hotel – I would have walked right past it.
\nIrony #2: I get to the Apple store right before close and walk in thinking my problems are over. The guy says he is all out of Apple USB Ethernet adapters – there is not much call for them – but strangely today three people came into the store and bought his stock completely out.
\nSo close and yet so far – Ironic.
\nTomorrow at the meeting – I bet I will see a bunch of Mac Airs sporting nifty new USB Ethernets – I was the latest one to arrive. So I lost.
\nHere I am at a Wifi Cafe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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