Nice. My new laptop arrived just in time for me to bring it on my trip. When I ordered it, the sales guy told me that it would ship on March 18, and arrive 5-7 business days later, so, I was very surprised when I received the notice that it had shipped last week. I spent last night going back and forth between installing the necessary software, and packing for the trip.

The only fault I’ve found with the laptop is that it doesn’t have an airplane power adapter. This really has never been a problem for me, though, since I’ve never seen the need to use a laptop on a plane. Even my coworkers who do have the adapters have really only used their computers to watch their own movies on the plane. With the garbage they show on the plane, this alone could justify the cost of a generic power adapter.

Philadelphia International Airport advertises that there is “Wi-Fi access” in their terminals. Technically, there is… if you have an AT&T wireless account. You can’t even sign up to get one while your in the airport. How useless is that? Chicago wasn’t much better. When I arrived in the lounge, I saw the signs that said “T-Mobile Wifi“. I cracked open my laptop and tried to connect, but was given a place to enter my credit card. At least this time I was able to sign up… now I can blog.

As you can see from her previous posts, Sarah copes with separation the same way I do… by staying really busy. At least when I’m on travel, I’ve got lots of work to do to keep busy… Sarah has to be creative, and she’s better at being creative than I am.

One other cool thing… last night, I downloaded the recently released beta version of OpenOffice 2, and it is amazing. Why anyone would want to pay $200+ for an Office program is beyond me. My plan is to only use OpenOffice for reading and writing all work documents, and see if anyone at the office notices. I’m also going to be using it to write blog entries when I don’t have Internet access.