Spooky…
This post is really for Kenny, but hey, y’all can read it too, if ya want.
Just got back from DMB @ Alpine, more on this soon. For those of you that read Woot, you might have seen this (only good til midnight tonight), but it’s funny for two reasons:
A) It mentions So Taguchi, who Kenny cheers for everytime we mention the Cardinals, and
B) It talks about Kenny. Not our Kenny, but eerily similar.
Kenny, are you working for Woot?
(I posted the entire column here, because the woot info disappears when the next day’s Woot comes up)
RSS Trackback URL 2. July 2006 (09:56)Laptop Networking for Dummies
So, Taguchi: you wanna take your laptop and hook up a printer, a keyboard, a mouse, an Ethernet cable, and so on. Sure thing, chief, no problem. As long as you don’t mind connecting and re-connecting all that stuff every single time you take your laptop anywhere. Must be nice to have that kind of free time, not to mention that kind of patience. On with the dance of a thousand hookups!Or you could get a docking station and reduce it to one simple connection. Oh, but make sure you get the docking station that’s made specifically for your model of laptop. If you can afford it, that is. If you can find one. If it even exists. Happy hunting!
Like the infomercial pitchman says, “There’s got to be a better way!”
And that better way goes by the name of Kensington Portable Universal Docking Station 33055. You can call it Kenny on accounta you got an honest face. Just plug Kenny into your laptop’s USB port, hook up your doodads and whatzits to Kenny’s many ports, and enjoy a lifetime of one-hookup laptop networking. Not a human’s lifetime, mind you; more like a typical kangaroo’s lifetime.
Kenny boasts two USB 2.0 ports, two PS/2 ports, and one port apiece of the parallel, serial, and Ethernet RJ-45 varieties. He’s clean, discreet, doesn’t eat much, and gets along with any laptop with USB capabilities. And when you and your laptop gotta fly, Kenny waits patiently at home for your return. Warn your spouse now: with this kind of service, you might just wind up wanting to marry Kenny instead.
Warranty: One year
Features:
- High-Speed USB 2.0 is up to 40 times faster than standard USB 1.1
- Instantly converts your notebook into a desktop workstation – enjoy the comfort of an external keyboard and mouse or high-speed Ethernet access
- Plug-and-play functionality: One simple USB interface connects you instantly to your keyboard, mouse, printer, network, and many other USB device
- Slim, compact design
- Dimensions: 7.0”L X 1.0”H X 2.375”W
Ports:
- two USB 2.0
- one Ethernet RJ-45
- one parallel
- one serial
- two PS/2
Includes:
- Universal Docking Station
- Manual
- CD
Windows Requirements:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 1
- Pentium processor or equivalent
- Hi-speed USB 2.0 port (Docking Station will function on USB 1.x port but only at USB 1.x speeds)
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Kenny
3. July 2006 | 14:31 hTaguchisan transcends the need for cables, and does all of his computing in his highly advanced japanese cellphone. He also once caught a flyball hit by Chuck Norris, ending the inning and shaming Norrissan.
Kenny appreciates you like his doodads, and it’s true that he doesn’t eat much. He enjoys docking cables because they do two things — usually they give you a second power brick/cable to use, so if you commute with the laptop you always have a spare (and one to leave on the docking port.) The downside to the USB extender woot was advertising is that it only does USB thingies…. network, peripherals, etc. You still need to plugin power and audio and video connections. If you use those, and I do at work with my docking station, you’d still have to plugin those cables.