Things to take on a trip

An earlier version of this posting was deleted while I was trying to work with the iPad. The photo above shows a partial collection of cables and converters that will be necessary for the trip. For my shaver, I need the stand as well, because the cable does not connect to the shaver, but to the stand. The stand has contacts for the shaver. All these gadgets seem wonderful, until you need to pack for three months.

I know from previous tips (a Viking river cruise on the Rhine), that if you forget a cable for your shaver, your wife will have to live with the stubble.

We fly to San Francisco in four days. In less than a week we will be on our way. I am excited. While I love the iPad, it does not seem ready for prime time. I guess I will stay with the Windows laptop for this trip.

Technical Problems with iPad blogging

Learning new skills is never easy. That's especially true when technology is involved. I have been trying to use my new iPad to blog - but the current set of blogger apps on Google won't upload pictures from the iPad. I tried different combinations of editors and browsers, but only managed to delete some posts that I had successfully uploaded.

So I may be forced to use a Microsoft PC - nothing wrong here, I just hoped for something light to carry. I will be especially annoyed if I lose items I have posted. The moral is to write off-line, save everything I write, and then upload.

It is too bad. The early posts were done with iPad, and everything worked smoothly.