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On the website of one of the possible gather places I'm researching... I've been to this park before, and I think it is probably too popular to offer enough space and privacy, but I thought I would give it a shot anyway, as it is very pretty and close by and all:
"Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park now offers SBC FreedomLink Service! This service enables park visitors with wireless enabled laptop computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs) to access the Internet."
So, for those of you who always wished you could waste your time among stunning redwoods by surfing the net, there it is.
I know people sometimes say they wish they could check email while at gathers so they didn't have to come back to massive amounts to sort through, but somehow this just strikes me as "off". I do wonder if there is a technomagical way to, like, interface with the redwood spirits by WiFi, but overall I'm just like "oh, come ON. You are missing the point."
Another amusing bit:
"Where is the tree I can drive through?
It's about 90 miles south of Eureka on Highway 101 in Myers Flat on the Avenue of the Giants."
In other words, "Nowhere near this park, you moron. Redwoods cover a lot of area in this state. If you are in Henry Cowell looking for this tree, you have missed by about 250 miles." I guess they must get a lot of people who haven't done any research before going off to try to see this tree. (I assume this is "the place where you can drive through the middle of a tree" mentioned in "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota".)
"Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park now offers SBC FreedomLink Service! This service enables park visitors with wireless enabled laptop computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs) to access the Internet."
So, for those of you who always wished you could waste your time among stunning redwoods by surfing the net, there it is.
I know people sometimes say they wish they could check email while at gathers so they didn't have to come back to massive amounts to sort through, but somehow this just strikes me as "off". I do wonder if there is a technomagical way to, like, interface with the redwood spirits by WiFi, but overall I'm just like "oh, come ON. You are missing the point."
Another amusing bit:
"Where is the tree I can drive through?
It's about 90 miles south of Eureka on Highway 101 in Myers Flat on the Avenue of the Giants."
In other words, "Nowhere near this park, you moron. Redwoods cover a lot of area in this state. If you are in Henry Cowell looking for this tree, you have missed by about 250 miles." I guess they must get a lot of people who haven't done any research before going off to try to see this tree. (I assume this is "the place where you can drive through the middle of a tree" mentioned in "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota".)