And a good time was had by all... I'm back from vacation #1...
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I think that's the least amount of time I have spent on a computer over a week in a *very* long time...
We're back from our Alaska cruise on the Norwegian Sun. It was a wonderful time of rest, relaxation, and general slug-like behavior. Go to bed early, take naps during the day, sit around, read a lot (7.5 books, if anyone's counting), and watch the water and world go by. I went with no expectations except to recuperate from some heavy workload of late, and the cruise was perfect for that. We stopped in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Prince Rupert (having left out of Seattle). It was great just being able to throw the luggage in the car and drive home afterwards (no "liquid search" in the airports).
I do have some pictures (none probably as excellent as Volker's stuff), and I'll get them posted up sometime soon. Right now, I'm simply catching up on email, snail mail, blog feeds, and all the other stuff that accumulates over a week.
Ah, and why was I "absent without leave" on the 'net? Well, we bought the internet connectivity package on-board so we could stay in touch with the kids if necessary. I also took the laptop with intentions of reading blog feeds, posting book reviews, etc. But my first foray into their wireless network was painfully slow and riddled with disconnects and stalled page loads. I ended up just using their terminals to check my Yahoo/gmail accounts, and that was about it. Strangely, I felt little compulsion to do anything more than that...
Perhaps there's hope for this geek yet...
Now I'll pound out a couple weeks of work, and then head off to vacation #2... DisneyWorld!
I think that's the least amount of time I have spent on a computer over a week in a *very* long time...
We're back from our Alaska cruise on the Norwegian Sun. It was a wonderful time of rest, relaxation, and general slug-like behavior. Go to bed early, take naps during the day, sit around, read a lot (7.5 books, if anyone's counting), and watch the water and world go by. I went with no expectations except to recuperate from some heavy workload of late, and the cruise was perfect for that. We stopped in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Prince Rupert (having left out of Seattle). It was great just being able to throw the luggage in the car and drive home afterwards (no "liquid search" in the airports).
I do have some pictures (none probably as excellent as Volker's stuff), and I'll get them posted up sometime soon. Right now, I'm simply catching up on email, snail mail, blog feeds, and all the other stuff that accumulates over a week.
Ah, and why was I "absent without leave" on the 'net? Well, we bought the internet connectivity package on-board so we could stay in touch with the kids if necessary. I also took the laptop with intentions of reading blog feeds, posting book reviews, etc. But my first foray into their wireless network was painfully slow and riddled with disconnects and stalled page loads. I ended up just using their terminals to check my Yahoo/gmail accounts, and that was about it. Strangely, I felt little compulsion to do anything more than that...
Perhaps there's hope for this geek yet...
Now I'll pound out a couple weeks of work, and then head off to vacation #2... DisneyWorld!
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I'm on vacation this week but not going anywhere. I had a code release this weekend and I checked emails/voicemail this morning. I get to watch the Yankees/Red Sox during the day today. It's been a glorious weekend for Yankee fans. Going for the 5 day sweep today. We had plans to go to the beach today but my youngest son fell while running yesterday. He's at the doctor's today checking out his wrist.
Enjoy Disney, Tom. We missed you here.
Posted by Curt Stone At 06:33:20 On 21/08/2006 | - Website - |