readier

John Copper phoned to say that the charts have arrived and, after a struggle, I got an asus eee pc, which is being used for this entry. The asus in an expensive toy, the keyboard is v clunky and hard to use, probably not a good sign when the shop offers to bundle a keyboard, but it is a tiny, full featured pc with usb ports and so on for about the same price as a good pda. Might get one of those waterproof keyboards to go with it. I see that the input voltage is 12v, hmmm. Mona has booked a flight to Islay, Andrew and Jo have arranged travel to arisaig, colleagues are starting to realise this is my last week of work, weather has picked up - starting to feel like its actually going to happen.

getting ready to go again

should be back on the boat in a couple of weeks. The yard in Arisaig launched her a few days ago. Planning to go to the west coast of Ireland. Have the charts on order. Going to take a couple of friends for a short trip around the Small Isles as a shakedown. At the moment I'm trying to sort out a computer. I thought I might have a go with a pay-as-you-go wireless modem and an asus EEE pc . The asus looks like it should be boat compatible with no moving parts but I had hoped that they would have improved on the two hour battery life by now. This list is partly to see if my iPod touch works for blogging. Seems ok but photos from the camera gto the blog would not be supported. Having said that, I'll probably be spending most of the trip beyond reach of fast internet via a phone, often don't even get a phone signal, and uploading photos could be expensive. So might see if one of those wireless modems will work with an old wireless router that is lying around here somewhere and maybe use that plugged in to the invertor when I can use the iPod.