Tuesday, November 23, 2010

150Mbps Micro Wireless N USB Adapter

OK, so the built in wireless on my Sony VAIO gave up the ghost after four years - turning the wireless hardware switch to "on" would result in continual, serial rebooting of the laptop. Perhaps it could have been fixed, but this was an opportunity to try out the minuscule TRENDnet TEW-648UBM... The specs:
  • Interface USB 2.0
  • Standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, and IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0)
  • Button WPS button: enables quick wireless connection with WPS function
  • Power Consumption Receive mode: 100mA (max.)
  • Transmit mode : 210mA (max)
  • Supported OS Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Vista (32/64-bit), XP(32/64-bit)
  • Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
  • Dimensions (LxWxH) 20 x 15 x 7 mm (0.8 x 0.6 x 0.3 in.)
  • Weight 1 g (0.03 oz)
Worked like a charm... Very unobtrusive:



Mental health break

Random chart/picture

Chart source: Snakes take flight "... Most flying or gliding animals rely on a symmetrical pair of wing-like structures to generate lift, the force that opposes gravity and keeps the flier aloft. But `flying' tree snakes have no wings or any other obvious structures that might help them fly, explains Jake Socha, a biologist at Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. Little was known about these enigmatic creatures until Socha, then a graduate student at the University of Chicago, set out for Singapore in search of the elusive paradise tree snake ..."

DOD tries to uncover secret of flying snakes

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Source: Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance