The PerfectOffice goes mobile occasionally, but not too much.
I keep my detailed checklist in a sidekick note.
It's good to check the weather (e.g. EDI for Sep2005 trip) when packing.
Noise-cancelling headphones are a major quality-of-life booster on airplanes. Bose sets the standard, but they want $300 for them. On my way to Basel in October 2004, I had some extra time in EWR and I tried the Sennheiser PXC250; they're smaller and lighter and they go for less than half as much. Mary got me some for Christmas in 2004. They're great. They work well with my new (Aug 2005) ipod shuffle too, though the big dongle means they don't replace the earbuds for jogging, etc.
In flight power... yum. seatguru. I use kensington K33069 Universal AC/Car/Air Adapter for Apple to power PbJam. (it lists for $119.99 but I got it on clearance at Micro Center for for 59.96). I hear this SmartDisk Airline Adapter for Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium for just $19.95 powers the machine but doesn't actually charge the battery, or the other way around, or something like that.
The in-flight magazines occasionally have something interesting. On one of my trips, I made some notes on a skymall catalog:
- LightWedge? #BA453J $19.85 - iGo DualPower? #PS0222-10J $24.99 (Need tip for cellphone) - UltraCord? 13pc set #U10-7504J $19.99-10rebate Skymall 219719G tire guage/escape hammer Bluetooth gps pharos Fog-free mirror 12844G Ryobi stud sensor and sonic tape measure 344601G Bluetooth usb adapter (rate limiting?)
I'm not content with flight tracking via the web, in general. I made my ownflight track doodad; it's just a form that works on my WearableGizmo that looks up pages like AA 1588 DFW to MCI
After the trip:
- photos * sunrise by ndw "I bet the sunsets are nice too, but I never get to see them. The chairs keep us chained in our meetings until after dark." jacek's @@ dajobe's * libby's
@@earlier checklists... RedundanyInAllCriticalSystems? ...
DebianPackage:signing-party gpg-key2ps
March 2004 trip to NCE for W3C Tech Plenary ESemWeb:InstantGig
passport... copy in lockbox and on disk)
hmm... VideoPresence for waving to the kids....india
Helsinki trip: KLM/Northwest --connolly, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:26:50 +0000 reply
I'm not flying AA like I usually do. My flight track doodad came up empty on KL7536; KLM's web site asks me where I'm from and redirects me to
Northwest's web site, which seems reasonably straightforward; flight status is REST-happy (e.g. MSP to AMS leg of my trip, on a DC10). Ugh... no seat power for the long leg of the trip... maybe I'm InTheMarket for another battery for PbJam. I got new noise cancelling headphones for Christmas. I was going to go to the library to get some DVDs?, but I'm not sure I have time. I've got a little new music... oh yeah... I wonder if I can grab Staccato 6 somehow.
wikitravel --connolly, Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:39:05 +0000 reply
Hmm... my next trip is to Boston (as was my last trip). I don't see anything remarkable in the wikitravel article on Boston, but since wikipedia rocks so amazingly, I think I'll keep it in mind.
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