Those of you who know me well, will know that I just love techie toys.
The two main things I'm taking with me to Germany are my laptop and my Archos Digital video recorder. The DVR is a small (approx 125x75mm) unit consisting of a 100gig hard-drive and an LCD screen. On it I have amassed a huge collection of many hundreds of full length movies and TV shows. This should give me some respite from the German satelite TV that is in my hospital room. (Can you image anything worse than Dutch or German comedy? do they even do comedy??) It can also record video using a tiny camera, so I might just sneak some footage and post it here.
The other cool thing is what I've done with my laptop. Not only is it my command centre for texting, emailing and blogging but I've also installed software that allows me to take full control of all three my work and home computers. I can even start them up if they are turned off.
The screen on the laptop becomes the screen of the computer I'm controlling, this allows me to review invoices and documents on my work pc for instance as if I was actually there.
Then there is the webcam that streams live video of the workshop directly onto my laptop.
That way I can see at a glance how well the workshop is doing, provide security for Kurt and keep an eye on my race car that sits gathering dust in the corner.
I joked with Sarah that maybe the network at the hospital would block the ports (channels) I need to do all this, but then I do like a challenge.. hacking the hospital network could keep me busy for hours !
Muahaha !
Ooh Pacific Radiology has just phoned, my PET scan is loaded to a CD.. I can go and pick it up.. Catchya tomorrow!
6 comments:
Excuse me - my darling husband is Dutch! and he must have had a sense of humor to marry me! :)
Oh you are just plain evil dad, Im sure one day you could run for the position as a high tech batman-like superhero ;)
So who said you were a control freak???? I'm sure it wasn't Sarah
And so if we want to email you we can still use your ordinary email address?
Tanya, Very true, either that or a highly developed sense of the absurd! (I find it helps)
Ashleigh, what makes you think I'm not already a Super-hero? I have both the sunken chest and the medals to prove it! ;)
Karen, I am a control freak, notice I allowed your comment to be posted :-> All my usual email adress's etc will be working.
Well now I have another suggestion to put your intrepid superheriocial entrepreneurial skills together with your freakish control streak, and build another business enterprise assisting those who are not, as you say, as able as yourself, in getting a project like this together should they need this type of service. I am sure that this could compliment the new body parts courier business very well. Of course, should you need a business advisor, I am available.........at a fee of course.
Gee, I guess you learn new things every day ;)
I would've thought that you slip into day-dream mode far too much to possibly have a secret super-hero identity ;)
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