I think I have a signal

Good days for me! Totally by accident this morning, I was trying to take a picture off the balcony with my phone, and discovered an unsecured wireless signal. This means that I have to old my computer out over the edge of the balcony, but if I do it right, I can send and receive my emails. Thank you random person who hasn't secured their wireless.
If I haven't mentioned it it, I did not bring an actual computer along on this trip. When I went to Chile, I carried my Macbook along with me everywhere I went and was able to continue with my blog. This time I decided to see how far I could push "going small" and brought only my iPhone and my iPad. I know that you may be thinking that I am being a total dork and an Apple fan-boy, but I wanted to bring something that I could store a number of books on, get emails, post on this blog and look up information when it was needed. A simple net book would have worked pretty well, but when battery life is at a premium, and net books aren't that great for watching movies on or reading books, I decided to go with the iPad.
How is it working, pretty well actually. There are some limitations. With my laptop, I was able to upload pictures directly from my camera, something that I'm not yet able to do with the iPad, mostly because I didn't buy the "apple dongle" thing that would allow me to. So that is one hit against Apple. However, aside from that, it is working like a charm.
I think that the perfect solution to blogging and traveling would be to have the new iPhone with a blue-tooth keyboard hookup, however the lack of screen space might be a downer.
I guess that when the trip is over I'll have a better idea if this was a good idea or something that should be counted as an character builder.
Thanks to those of you who are following along, it's always nice to just be able to get my ideas down when I'm traveling, and it's always nice to look back on it when I'm finished.

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