View of dreams

By DAN ROBINSON Editor/Photographer

I found this shot while digging through some photos to use for the new 1024 header rotation on the blog. It's now my desktop wallpaper. This was in Nebraska last year, early in the morning on an storm photography day. Classic Great Plains. If I could find a house that had a view like this..... It would be great to wake up in the morning, step out on my front porch and see that huge blue sky.

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Most people who judge a scenic view by what's on the ground will look at this picture and see nothing. I look at this and see what kind of scenery will be filling that sky in the spring - the more of it visible, the better!

Mobile PC update
Using my laptop yesterday, my brother Matt and I were able to assemble a working proof-of-concept configuration of the planned mobile PC. We pushed the aircard connection out to the laptop's ethernet port using internet connection sharing, and attached the voice-over-IP router via ethernet cable. The VOIP calls worked just fine over only a 1x EVDO connection. With that question out of the way, I can go ahead and confidently spend the needed money on the dedicated access point mini-PC. More to come....