And where have you been young man?
Well, not that anyone actually reads this blog but I still feel guilty for not posting for so long.
It’s not my fault...
….No really it’s not my fault.
First of all, we spent Thanksgiving at K's parents’ house. Dial-up. Not worth the hassle. Second of all, my family are neo-ludites. One broadband connection between the lot of them. Not worth the hassle. I put off posting figuring I would be inundated with quick and easy WiFi hotspots while on vacation. No such luck. Where is this unwired world I keep reading about? I can assure you it isn’t in any of the airports we spent three hour layovers in. Not Detroit, not Miami, not Tampa. No where. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t expect the little hub airports(Duluth or Key West) to have wireless but come on, Northwest does more flights out of Detroit than Minneapolis. Hook up the wireless you cheap bastards.
So no big deal the airports don’t have wireless, the hotel has in room wireless. We got to the hotel about 8:00 pm (Key West time). After 13 hours of travel time I was more interested in kicking back with the step-brother and the step-brothers girlfriend and having a couple of drinks than blogging.
Fast forward to the next afternoon (much drinking = much sleep). Everybody else is either asleep or already roaming the streets of Key West. Perfect time to blog. Brew a quick pot of, surprisingly good, in room coffee and pull out my trusty iBook. Not so trusty. No boot. What the fuck. This is the fourth major issue I have had with this machine. Totally unacceptable. Long story short, it was eighty degrees outside and I wasn’t about to worry about my computer (even though I had plenty of work to do).
Post script excuse: Get back from Key West recharged and ready; network failure. No real answer from IT. For the last two days Macs have not been able to get on the network or get out to the web. Problem solved. Back in the blogosphere.
It’s not my fault...
….No really it’s not my fault.
First of all, we spent Thanksgiving at K's parents’ house. Dial-up. Not worth the hassle. Second of all, my family are neo-ludites. One broadband connection between the lot of them. Not worth the hassle. I put off posting figuring I would be inundated with quick and easy WiFi hotspots while on vacation. No such luck. Where is this unwired world I keep reading about? I can assure you it isn’t in any of the airports we spent three hour layovers in. Not Detroit, not Miami, not Tampa. No where. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t expect the little hub airports(Duluth or Key West) to have wireless but come on, Northwest does more flights out of Detroit than Minneapolis. Hook up the wireless you cheap bastards.
So no big deal the airports don’t have wireless, the hotel has in room wireless. We got to the hotel about 8:00 pm (Key West time). After 13 hours of travel time I was more interested in kicking back with the step-brother and the step-brothers girlfriend and having a couple of drinks than blogging.
Fast forward to the next afternoon (much drinking = much sleep). Everybody else is either asleep or already roaming the streets of Key West. Perfect time to blog. Brew a quick pot of, surprisingly good, in room coffee and pull out my trusty iBook. Not so trusty. No boot. What the fuck. This is the fourth major issue I have had with this machine. Totally unacceptable. Long story short, it was eighty degrees outside and I wasn’t about to worry about my computer (even though I had plenty of work to do).
Post script excuse: Get back from Key West recharged and ready; network failure. No real answer from IT. For the last two days Macs have not been able to get on the network or get out to the web. Problem solved. Back in the blogosphere.
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