I’m getting into blogging and preparing myself to do it anywhere… As I go to work, I can’t blog there, so when I get out I go to college, so there I have access to internet. Now, I’m concerned into getting a good online feeds reader (i found one: http://www.newsalloy.com/) and using delicious to bookmark everything.. and I’m making a hard effort to use it even in home. Where I used to use firefox for everything…
But things are getting easier, i guess we can do it…

Great article. Congrats.

You could also use an iPod (or other music player) as a thumbdrive, but it might be a bit more cumbersome.

re: new laptops

Stay away from compaq/hp. UGH. Don’t get a desktop replacement system (ie: 17 inch widescreen monitor etc) as they are not portable at all — they also overheat like crazy. Walk into the store and try out the keyboard before buying. Finding something you like to type on is the biggest factor.

Laura: I used to have a server years ago in my office I could connect to from wherever I was but since I have no “home base” any more, this doesn’t work for me. I’m on the road all the time. But I’m thinking about putting my password list on my flash drive, along with Edrei’s idea. That might have saved me.

Char: There was nothing wrong with my laptop, just my life. My life separated us.

As for recommendations, buy one that TOTALLY meets your needs. Smaller is not always wiser and bigger is always much heavier. Too much hard drive space, too many USB/Firewire connections, and too much RAM is always better than buying for budget. Don’t buy for budget, buy for beyond what you need NOW because you will need it in six months.

So, did you get a new laptop or just got yours repaired? I am in the market for a new one and am looking for recommendations.

Anyway, the second few days, I brought my laptop and the cable to attach it to my cell phone. It took most of an hour for t-mobile tech support to get my a data plan and they never did get the hookup working, but when I got off the phone I managed to do it, by turning the phone off and then on again.

So then I was almost on a reasonable system, except that I do most of my work on my desktop, so the laptop wasn’t all that well set up for a lot of what I do. And the connection speed was still pretty slow. And the ergonomics weren’t as good for serious typing as what I have at home.

But I do have a bit of a solution for the passwords problem. When I set up a password, I put an email in a folder on my home machine. I leave that machine turned on and ssh into it when I need to read mail, but even if I didn’t, I could just copy that folder to the laptop or a USB thingie and get at them that way.