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War Kayaking

Posted by michael on from the batten-down-the-access-points dept.

ptorrone writes "As the summer approaches, we crawl out of our protective wired covered lairs to sometimes partake in outdoor activity. Last weekend, we went kayaking around Lake Union in Seattle, WA and of course, we couldn't help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we'd hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was "War Kayaking" we found a ton, charted it with GPS, Wifi finders and we'll show you how we did it for this week's HOW-TO Tuesday. We also shot a video in the kayak, be sure to check that out too."

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  1. War "Your Favorite Activity Here" by dustinbarbour · · Score: 5, Funny

    War Hiking
    War SCUBA Diving
    War Mountain Biking
    War Snowboarding
    War Golfing
    War Rock CLimbing
    ...

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    1. Re:War "Your Favorite Activity Here" by Paulrothrock · · Score: 5, Funny
      War mastu...

      Nah, too easy.

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    2. Re:War "Your Favorite Activity Here" by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, with Diebold, you could have War Voting.

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    3. Re:War "Your Favorite Activity Here" by tktk · · Score: 4, Funny
      Exactly...I'm expecting the pilot from SpaceShipOne to write about War RocketPlaning.

      All this War [Blank] is getting old.

  2. Re:Careful by caswelmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or at least an interesting way to electrocute yourself!

  3. Wifi Detection by mfh · · Score: 5, Informative

    we couldn't help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we'd hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was "War Kayaking" we found a ton
    You absolute nerds! Also, why didn't you just use the Smart ID Wifi detector? It's only $25, and therefore it trumps any pocket PC. Plus you don't risk as much if you get wet: something that tends to happen frequently when I Kayak. :-) (that and getting stuck in the damn thing, upside-down)

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  4. But.... by jdhutchins · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do they then warchalk their boats to remember where the hotspot was?

  5. All they needed were a few plastic baggies... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    So, with a few plastic baggies, a wifi card, Pocket PC and a free application you too can make kayaking a little more interesting.

    With a few plastic baggies filled up with the right stuff, you can make almost *anything* interesting.

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  6. Re:Ok, that's it. by Mannerism · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who gives a crap if there are open wi-fi spots on the water?

    It's important for those who enjoy surf surfing.

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  7. They forgot something by WormholeFiend · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The guys forgot to put some kind of floating device inside the baggies...

    Their PDA maybe protected from splashes, but if they drop it in the water, they'll need to do some war-scubadiving to get it back.

  8. I've been War Kayaking before... by blueminder · · Score: 4, Funny

    My friends and I all went in kayaks and canoes and started to tip each other over in a full-scale war it seemed. You could see many kamikazes flying off their kayaks in order to bring down the large fleets of canoes coming our way. Those with the larger paddles often attacked from below and many people begin to recover their equipment after being detached making this last longer...

    Of course, had we brought our Wi-Fi equipment we would have been screwed.

  9. Outdoors? by dfn5 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...to sometimes partake in outdoor activity

    Where is this outdoors you speak of?

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