Last year on holidays I kept in touch with the electronic world using my mobile phone as a modem with a laptop computer. The connection was slow, and as I later discovered, very expensive (about $500 on casual data rates).
There’s a strong argument to not stay in touch at all. I resisted that because I’m an info junkie and in my job I don’t like surprises. I can read emails on holiday without having to act on them.
This year I have a USB wireless modem. The cost is still excessive ($89 a month) but I know in advance what it will be, and the connection speed is better.
The laptop suffered a casualty though at the hands of Margaret, who pulled out 10 keyboard pads. I’m a pretty good typist, but without clear direction I kept entering a comma instead of an “m”, etc.
I finished up buying a $20 keyboard from Harvey Norman to attach to the laptop until I figure out a solution. I haven’t been able to reattach the letters myself.
