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Not sure where you are? Check out Loki from Skyhook Wireless. It’s a firefox extension that gives you GPS-like capabilities with just a wifi card. For those of you that think this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s Place Lab + money – privacy. That aside, I can see it being relatively useful. You can put yourself on a map with the FindMe button, fine tune your location (make that database better monkeys!), send your location via SMS or Email, and add GeoTags to flickr. It’s definitely worth the 2MB download.

This week, it *looked* sunny out, so we decided to meet in the park. None of us bothered to check the weather reports or anything, standing around in the cold got old fast, so we ended up back at the Vivace Roasting Room. Matt Wilson brought in some Zigbee gear for us to check out, Andy brought in his Fon-in-a-box, and we talked a bit about some of our random projects. Currently the big thing is getting Andy and Eric’s nodes up and running. Andy has pictures in the SeattleWireless flickr group, and I’m sure Eric will have some up soon. If you’re on Capitol Hill, and want access, right now is a pretty good time to come to a hacknight and find out what you need to do.

It’s funny, we’ve been meeting at OCC because of the fast internet and ample table space, but I’ve really missed the coffee at Vivace. Hopefully next week will be sunny AND warm, we can meet in the park and kick back with a decent cup of bean.