If you are going to be downtown for City Stages this weekend, feel free to bring your laptop or any other wifi-capable device. TechBirmingham has teamed up with SouthernLinc to provide free wireless interenet access to Linn Park, and just in time for City Stages.
Once the festival is over, the free wireless will still be around. I have tested it and it seems to cover the park pretty well. I think the APs are on top of the Park Place building, and I was getting a great signal on 8th Avenue in front of Boutwell Auditorium and the BMA.
You can check out all 250+ wireless hotspots in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area at www.bhamwifi.com, a cooperative project of IPSA and TechBirmingham.
Jeremy’s lucky because he has access to a Palm for wi-fi. The rest of us aren’t so lucky since City Stages doesn’t allow backpacks for our laptops.
Official response from a City Stages official about the Backpacks vs. Laptops issue…
*******
“we will make an exception to the backpack rule as follows:
if you are bringing a laptop in a normal, laptop bag with none of the
contraband items listed on the site, you may enter.
I will share this with security people tomorrow at the meeting, but
keep in mind it is a last-minute change, so ask people to be patient
and understanding, especially on friday.”
*******
Their website should be updated soon to reflect this policy
Pingback: Jeremy Flint - Red Hot and Daily » Blog Archive » City Stages To Allow Laptops