My week with the Pepper Pad is over, and the UPS van just drove off with it, but I’ve still got a lot to report.
My testing ran into problems when it turned out that the WiFi network in the library was on the fritz. I did some netstumbling today and found that only two APs [...]

Posted October 5, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: computer, fond farewell, good bye, internet access, pepper, pepper computer, pepper pad, portable computer, portable computing, post pc, post pc device, ubicomp, ubiquitous computing, ultra portable, web access, web device, web pad. 6 Comments.

Pepper Computer
Buying a Pepper Pad at Amazon
Pepper Hacks
Victor Rehorst has been blogging about his Pepper since he got it (a few days ago)
Pepper Pad stories at TeleRead
Other Pepper Pad stories here at MaisonBisson

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Posted October 2, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: links, pepper, pepper computer, pepper links, pepper pad, portable computing, ubicomp, ultraportable. One Comment.

The Pepper Pad (available at Amazon) has a very clean out of box experience. There’s nothing to assemble and no questions about what order to do things in. Just open, unwrap, plug in, startup.
I attempted running through the configuration in my office, but the WiFi propagation is very weak there and Pepper Pad couldn’t catch [...]

Posted September 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: computer, internet access, pepper, pepper computer, pepper pad, portable computer, portable computing, post pc, post pc device, ubicomp, ubiquitous computing, ultraportable, web access, web device, web pad. 4 Comments.

The Pepper Pad’s technical details — a lightweight Linux powered device with an 8.4-inch SVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi auto-configuration, Bluetooth device support, multi-gigabyte disk, full QWERTY thumb-keypad, stereo speakers, and more — are already well reported. But I’ve been arguing that attention to such details runs counter to the purpose and intended use of the device. [...]

Posted September 29, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: computer, internet access, pepper, pepper computer, pepper pad, portable computer, portable computing, post pc, post pc device, ubicomp, ubiquitous computing, ultraportable, web access, web device, web pad. 4 Comments.

Libraries are known for books. And despite the constant march of technology, despite the fact that we can put a bazillion songs in our pocket, despite the availability of the New York Times and so many other newspapers and thousands of journals online, books are a big part of what libraries are. Books, dead tree [...]

Posted July 26, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Technology. Tags: handheld, handheld computer, laptop, laptop computer, libraries, library, library catalog, library catalogs, opac, pepper, pepper computer, pepper pad, ultra portable. 5 Comments.