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October 20, 2008
But What’s the Point…
A couple of days ago, I set up a webserver on my phone. Some may see this as a foolish and geeky activity. Some may not understand the boon to productivity and convenience such a thing provides…
I created a bunch of accounts for various friends and sent them out. Now my friends could see exactly where I was thanks to the GPS on my phone; they could send me messages; see whether I was talking on the phone and how much juice I had left in my battery. They could even activate my camera without my knowing and take a picture of the inside of my pocket!
All of which is pretty cool, but kind of useless. However, one thing that is kind of neat is that I installed a couple of yahoo widgets that let me do things like use my laptop to send an SMS through my phone via the web server, or see what missed calls I have.
Ah, I hear you ponder, but isn’t your phone always with you? Aren’t there blue-toothy or usb connectiony things that allow pretty much the same thing?
Here, gentle reader, is where I point out the error of your ways. Right now I am lying in bed annoying my wife by writing this blog entry. My phone is in my office, having its tasty electrons replenished. I suddenly remembered that I was supposed to reply to a text message from an American heiress. What to do? I suppose I could have gotten out of bed and walked to the other room, but what if I’d fallen down the stairs or encountered a burglar or a wildebeest?
Thanks to the webserver on my phone and the Yahoo widget and Tim Berners-Lee I was able to send the message without even wrinkling the duvet.
Of course, if it wasn’t for the stupid web server, the battery on my phone wouldn’t need to be charged and I could have kept it close by while I slept.
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