Aliyah Paperwork
Did I say I had ALL of my paperwork done? Not by a long shot, it seems like the stream never ends; now I just turned in my visa application and am waiting for it to come back.

Dead Zaurus .......
I fried my beloved Sharp Zaurus 5500. When using a universal power supply as the regular charger for an expensive piece of equipment epoxy the tip on and be sure you know what polarity is right. I am hoping to get a broken zaurus off of ebay and do surgery saving my Z.

My Laptop
I am worried about my laptop. December is the date of our move to Israel and transition to low income for awhile. I hope I can squeeze enough cash to buy a new laptop before we go, I would hate to be without a mobile computer.
The plans to hack into the USB circutry on the laptop and install a flash reader, USB hub, wifi, and bluetooth inside the flopy drive bay are on hold until after the move (and maybe purchase of another laptop) and I can safely consider the gateway laptop a second machine.
One fix I am considering is having a metal back made for my screen to prevent LCD smash like happened on my last trip to Israel.

Sniff for WI-FI
A nice gadget for a digital vagabond to have is the Kensington WI-Finder or Wi-Fi finder it sniffs for open (unencrypted) networks for two minutes with the push of a button. It is the size of a credit card and about 5-6mm thick. I keep mine in a flexible plastic pouch on my bicycle so I can sniff for an open network for a quick jump online. It reports signal strength on a 3 LED display from 1 red LED to 3 green LED's showing signal strength. I have had mine on my bike for about 8 months and it is still running strong.

UPS your bags
I am planning to UPS my international weight bags to New York where we will fly to Israel from. Shipping your bags on a domestic flight reduces your max bag weight from about 80 lbs. to around 50 lbs. I am going to have to live off of my bags for several weeks while in merkaz klitah (absorption center) so I want to max them out.

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