Last Thursday evening we went out to my in-laws’ house, taking the laptop with us to show them our Kentucky photos. Because I’d taken only the laptop, on the way home, it was in my lap.

We ended up driving around town for about an hour… seeing who had wireless internet and who didn’t.

And you know what? I was actually surprised at how many people have wireless in this po-dunk town, but I was not surprised that about half of them are not password protected or encrypted… including most businesses.

As equally interesting was how I couldn’t connect to my own wireless until we’d pulled in the drive. Strange considering that time I was a mile away (by road, not much less direct), opened my computer, and was connected.

Now, of course, I have no need to actually tap into and use someone else’s internet connection, but it was interesting nonetheless.

Just thought you might like to know that.