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Cool computer cases (because your laptop is worth it)

By Nicolas On March 5, 2009 In mobility, Paris, travel, Vienna With 4 Comments Permanent Link to Cool computer cases (because your laptop is worth it)Permalink

mynerd“This is my laptop. There are many like it but this one is mine. My laptop is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my laptop is useless. Without my laptop I am useless. Let’s go to Moscow. Find the backdoor to the Kremlin and come on in, singing ‘Howdy Owdy Doody How Doody Aye Ey”

extract from the unpublished Secret Oath of the Digital Native

One of the major concerns of the telecommuter or urban nomad, is to keep the electronic devices he or she uses in his/her day-to-day life, safe.

I’m not talking here about how to prevent those devices from being hacked or stolen, but how to make sure that they survive their 24/7 journey between places such as airports, offices, transportations, or cafés. Continue Reading →

Turn you mobile phone into a secured Wifi hotspot for your laptop!

By Nicolas On February 5, 2009 In Paris, technology, travel With 10 Comments Permanent Link to Turn you mobile phone into a secured Wifi hotspot for your laptop!Permalink

200562725-001Who has never looked with envy at those people surfing the web on their laptop, from the gate of an airport or while travelling on board of a train?

Who has never been discouraged to purchase a 30mns Internet credit for €15 from the only local provider available at an airport lounge or at a hotel?

As for my part, I’ve experienced both situations during one of the 140 Paris-Vienna flights I took for the past two years (17,5 tonnes of CO2 … I know… I’m so ashamed). But I’ve never been so desperate to subscribe to an additional mobile contract for 12 or 24 month and get one of those “cool” broadband Internet access USB dongles you connect to your PC or Mac and which puts the world at your finger tips while on the move… Continue Reading →