If you depend on the kindness/obliviousness of strangers with open WiFi networks, this little DIY project is for you. Follow these directions to fashion a WiFi signal booster by combining a cheap USB WiFi adapter with an equally inexpensive parabolic fried-dumpling scoop. If you'd rather skip the populist message, here's another, shorter, instruction set. --Taylor

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