Rolling Your Own Mobile Hotspot
By MaxW on May 12, 2008 in Travel DIY
As you can see from our main travel page, we are constantly updating scripts, Like the GPS capabilities on display on the RV trip travel blog, and being able to upload photos and posts live while on the road. We also have real-time streaming video, but are currently using it sparingly do to limited on-the-road bandwidth.
Since those scripts only run on Windows XP and i use a MacBook Pro for my main computer, I had to come up with a creative solution using a single Sprint EVDO card with multiple computers.
I took a bunch of gear and my older Sony Vaio laptop and made a mobile wifi hotspot powered by EVDO.
So this is how I did it.
Route 66: Day 1 - Spark Plugs Flying
By MaxW on May 11, 2008 in Travel Blog
With a late start we headed to the freeways to get out of Los Angeles, but as soon as we got on the 10 freeway we came to a dead stop.
According to Google Maps it was bad traffic for the next 35 miles.
Right as we are preparing to merge into the 5 north from the 10, one of the dirtiest, congested, graffitied areas in Los Angeles, probably the world, we hear a loud explosion and rumbling noise we thought we had a blown tire, about 2 miles down we find a pullout large enough for our rig and look around to find all the tires intact.
After looking around more we discover there is air rushing from the engine and it is misfiring, when we open the engine hatch i immediatly see the problem. We saw a gapping hole, and a spark plug dangling precariously by a thin wire!
At first not knowing what to do about it we tried calling a tow truck but they don’t do road side repairs anymore and all the shops in the are where closed for the weekend.