Tsukuba, Japan, 2004
I just arrived at my hotel. I’m tired, I’m hungry, and I’ve been offline for over 20 hours . Deep in the bottom of my bag lies an SMC “pocket” router about the size of two packs of smokes. I jack-in and power-up the router. I’m online. I leave my laptop on the desk downloading email while I crash on the bed with my Zaurus PDA; I start surfing for sushi.
Manhattan, NY, Present Day