Yes, I have not one, not two, but THREE laptops in my hotel room.  Why?

Front and center is my personal computer, my Macbook Pro that I got a few months ago.  I couldn’t imagine going without it.

The Dell on the right is my work computer that I brought with me.  But there’s a problem- it’s basically useless right now.  It’s configured so that the wireless card is only enabled when it’s not connected to a LAN.  Except I’m not connected to a LAN in my hotel room and the wireless card isn’t working.  Until I move out of the hotel and into the other lodging arrangement that has a LAN, I can’t check my work e-mail (encryption issues).

The Dell on the left?  Guess what they didn’t tell us- every student would be issued a computer for the course!  Unfortunately, while the wireless card does work in that one, it’s configured to only recognize the router at the schoolhouse or to work on a LAN.  So just like my work computer, it’s useless in my hotel room.

Just another reason why I can’t wait to get out of this hotel and into better housing arrangements for the remainder of my time here…