Blogging was light over the past two days, as I cope with my office move (it is unbelievable the amount of junk that one can accumulate over a four year span). As I took refuge at a local Starbucks, I bumped into a famous National Post columnist who I enjoy reading (Andrew Coyne).  In order to preserve his sanctuary intact (from other avid fans such as myself), I shall keep the Starbucks location incognito. But I do admire him - being able to work in such a prolific fashion, while I was bothered by any single noise being made, from a dog barking outside to a toilet being flushed in the washroom inside.  I wish I could move to another spot which is less noisy - and more importantly having fewer distractions.

But the Starbucks Wi-Fi hotspot got me thinking about the lack of availability of public WLAN access here in Toronto.  After all, we live in one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world (supposedly), and yet, I can get better access in downtown São Paulo than I can in Toronto (and down in Brazil, it is even free of charge!).  For instance, there are many "dead" areas without any wireless broadband connectivity in the downtown core (e.g. downstairs in the BCE Place cafeteria area).  It would be nice if our city did more for the cause (taking an example from Philly, as reported in this forum before).