round X over

Well the event I’ve been dreading is over. Back home, some fuzzy but not to bad. Been told this will affect my short-term memory so I won’t remember but no luck so far. No pain but then they numbed me up good! This should have the original tooth replaced in June so plenty of time before Sweden.

That’s presuming there’ll be a Sweden trip (or the ability to fly there). Fascinated to see how this H1N1 scare will play out in the American psyche.

Americans have become wildly risk-averse to anything that they think they understand the risk (anything the media defines), but not to driving a car, having babies, being overweight, smoking, etc. A single sniper shut down the East coast. A few hijackings 5 years ago destroyed the airlines. All over-exaggeration by the media carried into the American way of life. Continue reading “round X over”

Life goes on….

Well, clearly not in shape for Sweden (yet).

With surgery in two days, kinda down. And being wiped from cycling to work not helping.

On top of all that, not sure the 810 is up to the task. The apps aren’t there yet. Everything just kinda works, instead of working outright. Clearly blogging from this is going to be nigh impossible, unless I spend the whole trip typing! Maybe that’s good, as it gets relegated to being an emergency device, not a day-to-day tool. For that I think I’d need something larger, and thus heavier. The 810 is light, but the accessories (solar, charger, blackberry?, extended battery, lazer kb, …) all add up. And many of those would go with the netbook as well. grr.

I suspect this will be the first trip gear weight goes up!

Nokia n810

Well I’ve gone and done it. I’m now one of those people intently typing away on a PDA.

I bought the N810 to facilitate connectivity to work when on extended vacation. Work is great about me not needing to be on call all the time, but I volunteered for this as part of my planning for a 3-week cycling trip to Sweden.

The N810 does everything I need. VPN, SSH, RDP, email, IP, and VOIP (Skype and gtalk) over either bluetooth/phone or wireless. Really an amazing gadget. And for touring also includes a GPS and maps of the US and Sweden, as well as 8 GB of storage for movies, books, and music.

Like all linux-based things, it takes some tinkering, but it’s quite slick. It’s no iPhone, but there’s no monthly fees either!

(written and published from the 810)