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Blogging in San Francisco: The Crepe HouseThe last leg of our California state road trip brings us to San Francisco, home of the Giants, 49'ers, and more hills to navigate than a a game of Mario Bros. Since we were staying at the Embassy Hotel, located right of Polk St. we ended up going down to the Crepe House. As the name implies, crepes are what their all about here. Due to the fact that we

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After about a month (two weeks for me) of searching for free Wi-Fi across the great state of California, the crew is finally heading back home. I can say the crew and I had a lot of fun out here in Cali.Overall, you can see that the Wi-Fi services offered throughout the state are pretty good. The weather and the women are good enough to make you want to move out here as well. I'm usually the

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Blogging in San Francisco: MaggieMudd The drive from Oakland to San Francisco was simply amazing! You see, I'm a huge fanatic when it comes to bridges.... so crossing the Bay Bridge was an experience of a lifetime for me... The bridge itself is pretty monstrous, but at the same time a lot smaller than what I imagined it to be from pictures that I'd seen.View Larger MapIt only took us 15-20

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Blogging in Oakland: Saigon Wraps Although Modesto was fun, it's time to move on. This leg of our journey brings us through the bustling town of Oakland. While we were here we had hoped to catch a glimpse of a scheduled pre-season practice run for the Raiders at McAfee Coliseum, but unfortunately that never materialized due to misinformation on our part :^(However, what did materialize was a

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Blogging in Modesto: Fire House Coffee Roasters Keeping things moving right along, we are now in the Modesto area of central California. Visually speaking, Modesto has all the great scenic wonders of California: huge rose filled gardens, great hillside views, and of course, a lot of coffee shops. With the multitude of coffee shops here it would almost be negligent of us if we didn't stop at one.

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Los Angeles is the city that we've spent the most time in so far on our Free Wi-fi hunt across the West Coast. We've hit up spots like the 7+ shopping Center, the Factors Famous Deli, and the Lost Souls Cafe... Definitely the liveliest city along our path.I'm a little home-sick and can't wait to get back to Miami, but I must admit this city is kinda growing on me... if it weren't for those damn

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On our way out of Fresno, we stopped at a small city named Turlock, California. We decided to try our luck with a Borders book store located on Countryside Drive. As you can imagine, the atmosphere was calm -- perfect for some blogging.The Borders located in Turlock offers T-Mobile Wireless Broadband. Other than losing service a couple of times, the service was pretty good. I spent most of my

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Blogging in Fresno: El ToritoSo here we are, finally in Fresno! As some of you are aware Fresno is a town known for quite a few things. Of the top, here are a few that come to mind: Fresno's prison industrial complex, references to Fresno in the movie Heat, Fresno being California's fourth largest city, etc... Now what you probably don't think of when you hear Fresno is delicious Mexican cuisine

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Blogging in Los Angeles: 7+Shopping CenterThis week has been pretty busy for us, so we decided to go to the mall and get a few things we needed. Some how we ended up at the 7+Shopping Center located in the heart of the Central Business District. The place was really nice, too bad I can't say the same about the prices.We walked around for a while and noticed a few people around the courtyard area

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Blogging in Los Angeles: Factors Famous DeliLots of things going on today. As you might already have read on our blog a couple days ago , Antonio's cousin- Jonathon (J$ for the privileged few)- flew into town this morning. We picked him up from LAX and after he got himself settled into the cool ass Cali vibe that runs through the streets of L.A. it was time to hit up Venice Beach, as we had

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Blogging in Los Angeles: Lost Souls CafeAs I surfed the web looking for our next free Wi-fi target I came across a cafe named "Lost Souls Cafe". After reading a few good reviews on their wi-fi signal strength and also learning that they had some sort of vegan pancake on their menu, we decided to head on over and check it out.The reviews that I read online hinted at there being a diverse crowd of

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Back here in South Florida, things are looking great. The weather is perfect and summer is on its way. The crew is currently en route to Los Angeles where I will be meeting up with them. If you have been checking in with our posts, you will notice that the guys and I were communicating via webcam recently.As some of you already know, Cha For Tea located in Long Beach, California, offered some

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Blogging in Long Beach: Cha For Tea Well, so far it's been pretty nonstop for us with all this driving, but I suppose I better get used to it now cause we have a helluva lot more ahead of us. After we made our way out of Costa Mesa we agreed to stop in Long Beach since it was on the way north and not far of from Route 5. Aside from that, I've heard of Long Beach having a rich selection of coffee

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Blogging in Costa Mesa: Mesa Grill & BarbequeAfter driving for a while and getting lost a few times, we decided to make a quick stop to get some food. We went down Newport Blvd and made a random turn on 17th street where we came across an interesting spot. Mesa Grill and Barbeque. At this point we are just hungry and blogging is not part of the plan, plus I wasn’t expecting this place to have

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Blogging in San Clemente: California Cigar CompanySo halfway to San Clemente we stop to pump gas in a town called Oceanside. The first thing I notice is that gas prices are about the same as they are back home in Miami... it's $3.83 for regular, $3.94 for plus, and $4.02 for premium. We filled up the tank with about $65.00 and are now ready to hit the road again.We'd researched free Wi-fi spots

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Blogging in San Diego: WoodStock'sAfter leaving Temecula, we decided that we should attempt to set a real starting point for our journey throughout the vast land mass known as khalli-fawrn-ya (Gov. Shwtz. style). In the end, we settled on San Diego as a point of departure. As is always the case with a mans stomach, it must be fed, which is why I'd like to take you from that trite little school

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Blogging in Temecula: WienerschnitzelAlthough I am ardently anti-hot dog, I figured that I would venture in to the Temecula Wienerschnitzel off of Old Town Front St. since me and the rest of the guys happened to be in the neighborhood. Aside from being in town we were also in desperate need of a hotspot location so we could finish up some video uploads for a small mini project in the works. Come

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Features Microsoft notes four main components being important in Surface's interface: direct interaction, multi-touch contact, a multi-user experience, and object recognition. The device also enables drag and drop digital media when wi-fi enabled devices are placed on its surface such as a Microsoft Zune, which is the brand name given to a line of audio players sold by Microsoft, as well as

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Breaking The "Mold"The name Surface comes from "surface computing" and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team, the group behind the development of Surface, refers to as "

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The Pieces To The PuzzleSurface currently runs on a high-end PC but uses mainly conventional components, like many Japanese cars but in a way, better. It's powered by a Core 2 Duo chip and a "newish video card," and the system runs on 2GB of RAM. All of the hardware is said to be consumer tech. Surface uses a rear projection system for the display which projects the image to the underside of the

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Who Will See Surface First?Surface will be shipped to partners with a portfolio of basic applications, including photos, music and virtual concierge applications that can be customized to provide their customers with unique experiences. Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., and T-Mobile USA Inc. will be some of the first companies to provide unique Surface

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What changes in computing can bloggers expect to see when Microsft releases Surface™? If you can, picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps. This surface is not just any surface, but Microsoft Surface™, the first in a new category of surface computing products from

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