Hello, I’m Back
Posted on | January 23, 2008 at 9:01 pm | 2 Comments
Man, I really pulled one over on you guys. I’ve actually been gone for days on vacation – a little out-of-town getaway to Estes Park, a tourist town about 70 miles NW of Denver, at the foot of Rocky Mountain National Park. The gf and I went to a B&B up there for an extended weekend of much-needed post-holiday relaxation (movies, books, jacuzzi-soaking, dining, shopping, wildlife-watching). Hey, the fabulous breakfasts alone were worth the trip. It was cold but the fireplace in the room was warm. It only snowed one day while we there, and there wasn’t much accumulation.
We did the same thing in Dec 2006, but I wasn’t posting regularly then, so no one knew I was even gone. No, I didn’t spend part of my vacation composing blog entries. That would’ve been Right Out. Instead, I spent the few days leading up to the trip composing some extra blog entries to post while I was gone, including the blogiversary one, which I knew was going to be the 600th entry. Luckily the Inn we were at had WiFi, so I was able to use my PDA and get on the Internet just long enough each day to hit that “Publish” button. It would’ve been hard to actually compose an entry on the PDA, but doing a little surfing and icon clicking was easy. In a pinch, I could’ve also posted from my cell phone, but that’s kind of tedious. I didn’t bring the laptop with me, because that also would’ve been Right Out.
Ah, the magic of the Internet…
Pet Peeve of the Day: My iHome iPod alarm clock radio has had a problem since the beginning, where occasionally it decides to completely reset itself (time back to 12:00, dimmer all the way up, default date, etc) when I insert the iPod. When that happens, I have to laboriously put everything back to the correct settings. It usually happens about once a month or so, and I can’t figure out what the common factor is in the malfunctions. It might have something to do with how long it’s gone without mating with an iPod. It did it to me last night at home when I inserted the iPod (which I had brought with me on the trip). Unfortunately, the one thing I always forget to reset is the volume. The default volume is very loud. When the iPod went off this morning (playing some Don Dixon, I believe), it was almost deafening and almost made me fall out of bed. Does anyone else’s iHome do this? I have one of the earlier models, so hopefully if it’s a systemic problem, it’s been fixed by now.
Latre.
Tomorrow: What Went Wrong on the trip, which leads to a massive Pet Peeve…
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2 Responses to “Hello, I’m Back”
January 23rd, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
You fooled no one. Notice how I quit responding right after the posts began to smell a bit cellphon-y…
AWWW, who am I kidding? I fell for it, hook line and sinker – I’LL NEVER TRUST AGAIN!!!
January 23rd, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
Trust only in the Internet and the things you read there.