For me, today was a pretty uneventful day. I struggled all day just to get one computer setup, which was frustrating because after assembling the hardware, nothing was working when I tried to install an operating system, even though all the hardware was detected. Whatever. Instead of writing a long and involved (re: boring) update about why the computer wasn’t working, I decided I’d write about what some of the other people here at Hi Tech Pioneer did today, because I think it is quite cool.
We’ve tried working with cantennas (antennas built from large cans, similar to a Pringles can but wider), but today we stepped it up a notch, when Ram climbed a red-and-white antenna tower with a 14dB high-gain omni-directional antenna hooked up to a 54Mb/s wireless router (with transmit settings boosted to 251mW in DD-WRT).
I know, right? I feel uneasy standing on level ground, but Ram climbed the antenna without ANY support or harness or anything, and waited there as Shyami was getting tools and brackets and screwdrivers to bring to him. He stayed up there for around half an hour!
Shyami's mode of transportation was pretty ridiculous too...
So anyway, I felt like creating this page to show everyone that even on the “off” days, there is still a lot to see and do.
That’s all for now.
Charles
I was born in London, England. At the age of ten, I moved to Hong Kong, which opened up a whole new part of the world: Asia. Since then, I have enjoyed traveling to different locales around the world. Having graduated from High School, I am taking a gap year to work on a computer project in Nepal, and later a cultural immersion trip in Ghana. This is the blog I am using to keep the world notified. 