Well, I don't know about real. In fact, I don't even know if I have the right scripts on the server to properly handle this message. Regardless, I'm on a plane in coach with what appears to be David Letterman on the big screen in the middle of the 767. It's American, so there is "more room" in coach, of course. What does that mean? I think that means that all of the seats "accidentally" recline and you feel like you have more room. Well, at least the latch on mine that keeps them from reclining without pushing the button is broken (and on a few seats around me). The air is incredibly dry. I think the skin on my hands will peel and fall off. I'm in a seat with power. Yipee. The flight isn't terrible long, so my battery will probably last almost half of it, anyway (actually, its two batteries in my ancient Inspiron 8100, but they give about the power of one these days). At least I'll be able to plug in if I need to. Other than already getting a couple of minor work things done, I can't do a whole lot work related on the plane. My normal work includes needed to have a net connection and live, activated cell phones. I have neither here. I was thinking of doing more French stuff, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable doing that on the plane. That is, everyone around me would be able to watch. And what will they think? From afar, it may look like I'm playing a kids game. Then I have to think, "Do I really care what people think? I can do my own thing, can't I?" Yeah, I guess. Maybe I will; maybe I won't. One thing I'm not doing is watching whatever is on the TV. There's some movie coming on in a while. I'm not all that interested although it's a great way to take up the time without exerting much energy. Since I got up at 5:30am I'm not too concerned about getting to sleep too late... in fact, I'm more concerned about getting to sleep too early. I'm now looking at the seat and the size of my current laptop and wondering how well an Inspiron 9300/XPS Gen 2 sized laptop would fit in this seat. It would be quite a bit wider to accommodate for the 17" wide screen and I think it's at least as deep. Weight-wise I think it might be a wee bit less, actually, which is cool. I suppose I could just keep rambling, but even that is starting to wear my fingers out (they're dry, remember?) Off to the Big Apple (where on earth did that come from??)

Posted by Shane on May 23, 2005 1:38 PM | Permalink