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June 13, 2003
Immobility
As a former frequent flyer, I can say that my travel plans for this trip of mine have been a complete disaster. As a Buddha informed Daddy Man, I'm just happy to be here in Atlanta.
Lee's castle has taken shape since the last time I wrote about it, and like a million other spoiled Americans, he has begun to obsess over the shape, color, texture and elevative consistency of his lawn. Despite the fact that he has a king's ransom in hellacious high end electronics (one notices the embarassment of giant screens in various places and degrees of use around the house), his focus is on the relative quality of his real physical turf. The only reason I bring this up is to go back to the question of computing. I have dragged my own little laptop with me and am now connected to the blogosphere on a dialup link at 4.8 and I'm just happy as a clam. Yes you heard me right, I'm doing my do at just around 4800 baud. When is the last time you heard about baud rates?
I am connected to the world online, but I'm stuck in my hotel room. I can survive surprisingly nicely with the equivalent of 20 year old modem technology, but without as much as a bicycle I'm stranded in Atlanta. All the people I wanted to see, I probably won't. I must come up with a plan. This is killing me.
Posted by mbowen at June 13, 2003 07:17 AM
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