From the Air

I am on the plane now, an Embraer 145J. I've always loved the configuration of this aircraft-3 seats across, so that one is both a window and an aisle. That's my seat. It provides for a beautiful asymmetry.

I'm typing this from my brand new Lenovo Thinkpad. I won't bore you with the technical specifications of this laptop, but it is a beast. I've got it dual booting Vista (ick) and Ubuntu. I haven't booted into Windows since the day after the computer arrived in the mail. All my worst fears about Vista were confirmed. Compared to Ubuntu, it's slow and clunky. My printer worked out-of-the-box with Linux, but not Windows, which speaks volumes about the third party operating system's readiness for prime time.

Now the heartland of the midwest passes by slowly and gently under us. Time to finish up Seinfeld Season 2!