偶然看到了这样一组作品。感觉挺符合ofpix的投稿要求，放上来和大家讨论。它选材很平实又不乏新意，单张也有一定美学价值。不是玩概念玩出来的。
原文：http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2009/06/04/homeless-and-online-in-san-francisco/

In America today, even people without street addresses feel compelled to have Internet addresses, but staying wired on the streets takes determination.


Charles Pitts checks the Internet at the H2O Cafe on Polk Street in San Francisco. Mr. Pitts, 37, says he has been homeless for two years.
(Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Mr. Pitts checks the Internet while sitting under an escalator at a Muni train station in San Francisco. Mr. Pitts knows several “secret locations” around the city like this one where he can both connect to a power outlet and get a free wireless signal. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Mr. Pitts goes online at the Transbay Terminal. He has accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. He runs an Internet forum on Yahoo, reads news online and keeps in touch with friends via email. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


From his home under the freeway, Mr. Pitts can get a signal, but the lack of a power outlet means he has to use his computer sparingly. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Belle Starr, left, a volunteer at Central City Hospitality House’s Employment Resource Center who’s also homeless, helps a client with online job applications. Hospitality House, a non-profit group, estimates that half the visitors to its employment drop-in centers are homeless. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Recently homeless Shahn Ligon-Toole looks for work online at the Hospitality House drop-in center on 6th Street in San Francisco. Mrs. Ligon-Toole was living in her car until the city recently towed it away. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Michael Ross creates his own electricity, with a gas generator perched outside his yellow-and-blue tent. For a year, Mr. Ross has stood guard at a parking lot for construction equipment, under a deal with the owner. Mr. Ross figures he has been homeless for about 15 years, surviving on his Army pension. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Mr. Ross connects his laptop computer to the generator. He can go online using a PC card that provides wireless Internet access. Mr. Ross spends about $4-$5 a day in gas for his generator, and can spend as much as $66 a month for the Internet access. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)


Skip Schreiber, 64, gets online in his van, which is also his home, in the Bayview district of San Francisco. For his 60th birthday, he dipped into his monthly disability check to buy a laptop, connected it to his car battery, and taught himself to use it. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)



Power is Mr. Schreiber’s biggest challenge to staying wired. He switched to a Mac from a PC because it uses less juice. He keeps the fan and wireless antenna off when possible and cools the laptop by putting it on a damp washcloth. He says that by using such tricks, he can keep the laptop battery going for 16 hours, if he avoids videos. (Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal)