I sometimes take the laptop out to a park or coffee shop and do my coding and reply to emails. When I get back home I plug back in and upload eveything.
Keeps me focused.
If I loose my internet connection I pull out a directional antenna and point it down the street and pickup some other schmuck's wireless connection. Got caught once and got sent a network broadcast message. Must have been some Network Geeks house.
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/.../WLEHGDYG.html