Re: [SAGE] Keeping yourself sharp...

[Mario Obejas <obejas@phylum.esn.us.ray.com>]

>I just found out that I'm leaving on Sunday for 3 weeks at a remote site in
>the Pacific.  I can't bring any computing devices, including laptops or
>even my Palm Pilot, and internet access there is apparently rated at
>early-days-of-dialup speeds.

Sounds like it's worse in that sense than Kwajelein Atoll.

>Now, three weeks isn't that much time, and I'm fairly certain that 10 years
>of Unix experience isn't going to leak out of my ears in that time, but
>what would you bring to keep yourself sharp under those circumstances?  Are
>there certain books you'd recommend?  Things you'd listen to?

I hope I don't get flamed for this but ...

IMHO, you've got the oppportunity back asswards. I think it would be best to 
stop and smell the roses. You will be going to "a remote site in the Pacific". 
Go swimming in a lagoon. Go out at night and look at more stars than you can see 
anywhere else. I've already checked skypub.com, no meteors or eclipses during 
your trip.

Find a walking partner and make a point to walk all the way around the island 
along the shore. When in Rome, do like the romans - find out what the residents 
do for recreation. 

Take some recreational reading material. Write those letters you've been meaning 
write to people without email, but are too busy to do so. 

People pay good money for a trip like this and call it a retreat.

Mario Obejas
Engineering Automation & Computing
Raytheon