WriterCon Question of the Hour

[desoto_hia873]

To laptop or not to laptop: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The pains and achings of lugging it around,
Or to take arms against...

Er, scratch that. I have to get on a plane and cross a border on Thursday--better not mention taking arms against anything.

Should I bring it?

Comments

Me and my laptop

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

I am! Logistics be damned. What's the point of free wifi if I can't access it?

Re: Me and my laptop

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

::sings::

Me and my laptop
We're closer than pages that stick in a book
More intriguing than a fic that starts with a hook
Wherever you find it, you'll find me, just look...

I'll stop now. I'm all about mangling the classics tonight.

Does the hotel have free wifi? More to the point, will there be anyone left on LJ to read any posts we make? :-)

Re: Me and my laptop

[elsaf]

I'll be at home, sadly wishing I was at WriterCon -- and working overtime.

Re: Me and my laptop

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel any better, I'll probably be editing cod on the plane. ::sighs::

I'll make sure that we drink a toast to you and any other missing LJ friends. :-)

Re: Me and my laptop

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Take your laptop. Take advantage of the free WiFi.

And, hey, I"ll be here, reading your posts.

Re: Me and my laptop

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Well, if someone's going to be reading, I guess I'd better write! OK, I'll bring it, should aches be damned.

That's a nifty icon.

[elsaf]

Personally, I never go anywhere without my laptop. :-) Being in a hotel without my laptop would be like.... not bringing my nightgown or toothbrush.

It's not so hard to get a laptop through security at an airport these days. Just be ready to pull it out of the case and send it through the X-Ray machine by itself. They don't generally ask you to turn it on anymore.

Also, just random advice (if you don't fly that often), wear slip-on shoes that you can step out of easily. Nowadays, you'll see half the people on any plane wearing shower clogs or flip-flops. It speeds everything up if you don't have to sit down an tie your shoes after going through security. :-)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Hee--I'm glad I'm not the only one who is surgically attached to her laptop. :-)

I had dinner with my father tonight and he mentioned the shoe thing, too. Birkenstocks it is. It's too hot right now to wear anything else anyway.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

::snorf:: Me too. I'm thinking it's going to be laptop,or more shoes.....

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

More sandals. It's too frelling hot to wear shoes!

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

True dat. Atlanta will be very, very hot. But there will be LOTS of air conditioning. LOTS.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

A P.S. comment to my last reply: I went to the mall at lunch today to get some American money from the bank and wound up buying two pairs of shoes! I blame you. :-)

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

::hangs head:: Sorry.

::perks up:: What kind?

I only held off buying shoes today because I had a very rough Physical Therapy session and was snorfling on the way home. You must be sure to point out the new shooage to me.

(Actually, I do have some new shoes that I can't decide whether or not they fit really properly - a leather version of my favorite Chaco's sandals and I don't know whether they should be so slippy)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

What kind?

I think one pair are Tender Tootsies (hey, I'm middle aged) and the other some nameless brand from Brazil (I'm also cheap!).

I sometimes have a hard time buying shoes--I'm a size 5 and many stores around here don't carry anything smaller than a size 6. Also, my feet are a bit wider than most size 5's. If I find some that I don't hate and that don't hurt to wear, I tend to snatch them up.

Can you sand the soles of the slippy sandals? :-)

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

See, then I did you a favor!!!

Yes, I'd sand them. Or go out to the sidewalk and to the twist.

[poshcat.livejournal.com]

I'm totally defying the masses and not taking my laptop. Everybody else will have theirs - I figure someone will let me borrow one. Seriously, I'm not carrying that freaking thing across North America. I need that room for all the Cheezies!!!!!!

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Cheezies!! Oh thanks, now you've given me a craving...

[eyesthatslay.livejournal.com]

I'm totally taking my laptop. :)

I've flown and taken my laptop before, and getting through security isn't bad, you just have to take it out of it's carrying case and let them run it through the Xray machine, so you can carry it on to the plane.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I've only had a laptop for a few months, but I'm already getting used to taking it where ever I go. This trip will probably be no exception.

That is a nifty icon! I don't know how I missed that one. Must have!