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Every available table was spoken for at St. Louis Coffee Oasis on Friday morning at 10:30. Word had spread that this 14-table coffee shop in the city's Central West End neighborhood still had free wireless Internet. After Wednesday night's windstorm that pummeled the city, damaged Busch Stadium and left 500,000 without power, the Internet is as coveted as ice or flashlights...
...When you drop the pebble into your shoe and connect the wireless receiver to the nano, a Nike + iPod menu item appears. Click it, then select a distance or time for your workout. Select your music, a particular playlist or the iPod's "Shuffle Songs" feature. You are immediately prompted by a female voice to begin your run, and then the music adjusts to the right volume. The voice returns calling out your performance, at every 10-minute interval for instance, or every time you hit the nano's center button. As she speaks, the music falls to the background...
...boarding school. But don't parents want their kids to have a phone at all times, not just at their computers? It is true that the V-Phone is great for anyone traveling overseas. Even if you have a "world phone" (which isn't even an option for Verizon Wireless and Sprint customers), why risk the international roaming charges? Hit the hotel business center and plug in the V-Phone. Or if you have Wi-Fi, connect right in your room, and the folks back home will think you're calling from just down the street...
FINDING THE NET Turndown service is nice, but wireless is even nicer. To supplement old-fashioned amenities, some hotels are trumpeting free high-speed Net access that lets you log in without worrying about wiring. For a list of such hot spots, check wififreespot.com...
SURF IN BED No wi-fi? No problem. This portable Netgear Travel Router converts your hotel Web access into a wireless connection so you can manage work from anywhere in your room...