Tuesday, September 25, 2007

THE FRUSTRATIONS OF FLYING WHILE WIRELESS

I've been flying more than usual lately (see previous post) and as anyone who's spent anytime at O'Hare already knows, nothing is free. To use the wireless you have to sign up for a service called Boingo. Which, whatever, as a captive audience who compulsively checks his e-mail, I'll pay for the privilege. But Boingo was apparently set up around 1994 and signing up for it requires finding a username that
a) Isn't taken and
b Is between 5 and 10 characters


That's not as easy as it sounds and around attempt 12 I came up with a username that I thought was perfect. Of course, it didn't work.


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