Hello again.
One thing has become increasingly obvious since we left North America just over a week ago - computers for the non-computer-professional can be very fustrating. I am typing away at a Windows 98 SE workstation at easyInternetCafe.com in Edinburgh and it has crashed on me twice since since I sat down one hour ago. We have had a hard time dealing with the blog and with photos. 2-3MB pictures are not very easy to deal with on slow computers or upload on slow connections. Haha, as I type this, Paula just lost her post to a Win98 Blue Screen. Even Bluehost, who hosts our website, is having problems with our control panel.
So, today we came to the realization that this trip will largely be non-techological. I have made 2 blog posts, but already I have about 20 pages in my ‘black book’ filled up with stuff. I am going to hack up and simplify the blog and Flickr is out the door in favour of good ol Gallery. We need to sort this before we get out of Europe, because we have a feeling things are not going to get better…..
So, for now, our photos are up here on Flickr, but hopefully they will soon be moved. We will likely be posting fewer photos than we had originally planned, but perhaps that will mean higher quality photo content…
It’s been a bit of a depressing realization, but at the end of the day, one of the original goals of this trip was to leave technology and easy living behind, at least temporarily, so this is not a bad thing.
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Hey Chris,
It is good to stay away from computers for a while and it is a fact that no matter what you do , technology will come haunt you in the end
enjoy your journey.
Mo Lafta
March 26th, 2007
Jeez - I can’t stay away from something techy-feely even for a minute, forget for a year!
My wife hates it when I sleep or spend too much time with the “other woman” — the “other woman” being all the gadgets around the house.
The other “Mo”
Mohamed
March 26th, 2007
Can’t you just mobblog from your handheld? You should be able to blast real time GPS updates with that thing!
Chad
April 5th, 2007