Packing time
Past midnight and I am leaving in the morning. My packing list is short and almost done. I’ll have to pick up new hiking shoes tomorrow, but that’s about it.
Except for some geeky stuff that suddenly feel overwhelmingly urgent: things like uploading my many RSS feeds from RSS Bandit to Bloglines so I can use them on the road. Or trying to get my Qtek 8010 smartphone (also sold as Audiovox SMT 5600) to moblog. Flickr is the main alternative so far, but maybe Danish Albino Gorilla is easier? (found via Christian Dalager). And should I start sharing the music I listen using audioscrobbler? (found via Peter Lindberg)
Before coming to grips with del.icio.us there are hundreds and hundreds of old bookmarks to sort and wade through. Maybe not tonight, though.
Hmm… I am beginning to think I have done too much serious work lately. Fortunately I no longer use a Nokia phone, otherwise the release of Python for Nokia series 60 might have caused another online/mobile hack attack. 
Well, I always found it hard to sleep before going on journeys. Especially those where I plan to rest and learn things about myself. Not only do I overpack, suddenly it feels as if the only thing that matters is to stay online and write. So I stay up all night and usually feel pretty bad when it’s time to leave.
Mind hacks are fun. But I recently stopped taking caffeine when it made me irritable and stupid. And lack of sleep will disturb those feedback loops, too. Let’s call it a night then, shall we?
So, it’s now late morning and I’m off to eat vegetables and rest.
Meanwhile, Joi Ito is off to the 21st Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. He hopes they’ll play nice with his laptop even though he hasn’t gone through the entire survival guide.