Geek Question about Wareating...

[lpetersson]

Does anyone know if there are any open/unprotected wireless networks in the Soho area that one might be able to jump on?
I'm particularly interested in Frith Street...
That G&S is located there is of course purely a co-incidence :->
spikey_bastard, camillat, posthuman_angel and my good self will be going to Wagamama for some decent food tomorrow and possibly G&S on Saturday... Money being a bit of a concern at the moment, G&S might have to be re-scheduled. I suspect camillat might feel the same way...?
I think I shall bring my laptop to both of those fine establishments to see what connectivity I have there...

Ooohhh, how cool would it be to play WoW while relaxing in G&S ?

Work is ridiculously busy and I'm loving it. Since I don't have to deal with slackjawed-yokels end-users, I quite happily work away during lunch, don't notice I should have gone home 30 - 40 minutes ago and I happily log on from home and work if necessary... I have discovered an entirely new enjoyment of work. Let's see how long it lasts :)
Fortunately Semagic works through our firewall, so updating ElJay is easy :)

I may have been persuaded to go to Synthetic Culture tomorrow...
Hmm, I think it shall have to be a drinkless night as I'm waging war on my beergut while trying to stay friendly with my bank...

Todays chest work-out was good, but I really could do with a gym buddy as my benchpress is sorely in need of some progress. I'm a bit reluctant to stack the bar with as much as I can lift due to the worry that I might drop it and kill/maim myself... So today I only did 50kg benchpress but I quite happily had 35kg dumbbells in each hand when I did dumbbell presses afterwards...
Annoying, but never mind. I nearly did 37.5kg but not quite. Soon... Soon...

Comments

[gigib.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear work is so good. It's encouraging to know that it is possible to actually enjoy your job!

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

And it is very nice to have such a job when I see how many people bitch about theirs...

[commlal.livejournal.com]

I havent been to G&S yet, but it sounds funky. WoW in there would be so funky too :D. Perhaps we should wander in and find if there is a wireless link there :D :D That would rock!

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope to find out soon :D

[nibber.livejournal.com]

we can't get near the bench. too many bloody people about. we're going to try going a bit later in the evening to see if that makes a difference.

will have to look for a new gym regardless soon when i move, so hopefully a bigger, less used one.
i know what you mean about using the bench on your own. one of the plus points of a smith machine. you won't break your neck on it!!!!

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

If there's a Soho Gym conveniently located for you I can heartily recommend them.

There's just one slightly annoying thing about them and that's the lack of a protective bit on the Smith machines so you can still kill yourself on them...

And they have so much equipment that I don't think I've ever had to wait... :)

[reddragdiva]

All WEP networks count as unprotected. Get a laptop with a Prism2-based wifi card and a copy of Aircrack (which is in Debian). It cracks any network protected only with WEP in about two minutes.

Good thing we're professional system administrators and this sort of thing counts as a tool of the job!

[reddragdiva]

Oh, and there's a Windows version of Aircrack too.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I count as professional though... :)

But thanks, I'll consider dwl'ing that useful-sounding work-related application ^_^
Hopefully I'll soon be able to surf and eat tasty garlic steaks at the same time...

[haloj.livejournal.com]

You probably won't need it. I work in soho and I can see 3 networks near me now that are "unprotected".

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

That sounds very promising indeed.. :)

[haloj.livejournal.com]

Well actually I work in Noho but you know what I mean.......

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I wasn't sure where exactly you worked, but I thought it was somewhere around there...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Lars, you big geek!!! :-D
Yeah, money is tight at the moment, but let's see...hopefully it should be possible to have a restrained night there (pah! who am I kidding??!)

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

That's exactly my point... Restrained night indeed.
If we do go, I might insist on buying my booze from the downstairs bar so I cna pay for my drinks seperately...
Purely so I can be sure no to overspend...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good idea! Btw, could you bring the harddisk, please :-) Shall I text you tonight and remind you?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

If you could text me around 20:00 - 20:30 tomorrow that would be great...
I wasn't planning on going home after work, but as Chris is coming down I might as well...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow? But aren't we going to Wagamama then..? Or did you mean tonight?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, tomorrow, before going to Wagamama...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Aaah, ok - so we're not meeting at Euston, then? Because I think they plan to be in at 7-ish.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

I finish work at 1900 hours.
Chris is meant to head straight to mine to dump his stuff while Kris does the same at yours.
Then off to Wagamama for food...
Or at least that's the plan as I understand it...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Aaaah yes, that does make sense, since you guys are going clubbing after the meal! I shall text you tomorrow about it then :-)

[zeke-xa3.livejournal.com]

Well Ill be at S.C. too!

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Groovy. If I go I'll hope to see you there :)