Just Because I Can

I'm posting this article from the internet cafe on a cruise ship halfway between Seattle Washington and Juneau Alaska. Nothing particular to write about, but hey, I'm a geek and this is a nifty thing to do, technologically. I had a bit of a problem at first because I typed the address to the site incorrectly, the browser couldn't find it (of course) and it just kept searching without timing out... but the timer calculating how much to charge me kept going. And because the machine was locked down (rather effectively, I have to say... both the hardware and the software), I wasn't able to shut the machine down. So I'm going to have to get them to give me a credit for the 17 minutes I spent waiting for the techie guy to come restart the system. Anyway, I've already spent a couple bucks getting here and having to compose this online. Fortunately my folks are paying for the cruise itself, but I've gotta pay for the airfare and all the other incidentals, so I'm gonna cut this short.