<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Not long ago I used to pay $12 to $15 for USB wifi adapters. Now they're down in the $7 to $8 range.</font><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">For example, this USB wifi adapter works with Linux and costs $7.44. Sweet. </span><font color="#0084b4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"></span></font><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT74_com_zimbra_url" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://t.co/AKqJcKfcX6" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" title="http://tinyurl.com/q2tm2g3" style="color: rgb(0, 132, 180); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"><span class="invisible" style="cursor: pointer; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url" style="cursor: pointer;">tinyurl.com/q2tm2g3</span><font color="#0084b4" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="invisible" style="line-height: 0;"></span></font><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="invisible" style="line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> These are useful in making Chromeboxes from discarded computers. Keep in mind, if a discarded Pentium IV computer has no hard drive, you can boot it to Chromium OS from a USB Flash drive -- and then use one of these USB wifi adapters to let you place your homemade Chromebox anywhere in your house or apartment.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> We can beat our swords into ploughshares and our discarded computers into Linux systems.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> phil</div><div><br></div><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>