singapore

[rone]

Good news: Singapore International Airport has free Internet access.  Bad news: it's wired only, and i packed my CAT-5 in my baggage because, hey, wireless.  Who the hell offers free Internet only for wired connections?  And none of the goddamned power outlets seem to work.

eviltofu said he'd meet me here at the McDonald's.  There is none in this terminal (there is a Burger King, though, but he's not there); i think it's probable that the McDonald's, if it exists, is in the other terminal.  Which is of no use to me.  I tried to page him, but no dice.  Too bad.

It's hot and humid here, too.  And i have a long wait ahead of me.  And i'm hungry.  And the bastards in the plane gave me a mislabeled Indian vegetarian breakfast, so now i'm suffering from a chicken sausage deficit.  At least my headache's gone.  I find myself wishing i'd put my mobile phone on a world roaming plan and brought it along.

Comments

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

If you had an AirPort Express with you, this wouldn't have been a technical problem.

(It might have been a *legal* problem, though. I've seen wired Internet access in such locations more often than wireless. There are interesting regulatory domains all over the place.)

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

Singapore is incredible. Too bad you don't have time to do some sightseeing.

[jhnc.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they also had free infrared at one point; I used my palm with it. (Checks email archive...) Oh! That was xmas 2000. Has it really been that long?!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You know, there were fobs on the wall that looked like IR but i didn't think of trying it. My luck with IR between my computers and my phone has been abysmal.