I’m thinking of bringing my computer with me. I’m a little nervous about bringing my main computer, though, since it’s got a lot of valuable stuff on it, and since it’s valuable itself. So I’m toying with bringing my old laptop, which currently has a decrepit installation of XP Home. I could just put Ubuntu on it and have a simple, lightweight OS.

I think it could prove useful for the following reasons:

  • I want to bring my camera, and I’ll probably be shooting a lot. I have an aggregate 1.5 GB of xD cards, but, in all seriousness, it’s probably not enough.
  • I’d like to post some photos and keep this blog updated, from Ghana. Apparently several of the hotels have WiFi, so both of these are possible solutions.
  • I still have €11.87 in SkypeOut credits. (Yes, 11.87 Euro.) Skype doesn’t care where I’m calling from, only where I’m calling to. And on SkypeOut, all of America* is only 1.7 (Euro) cents a minute. This works out to 698 minutes remaining. So I’d have plenty of time to call home and chat.

* And Canada, most of Western Europe, China, Australia, and a few others.