EEE on vacation

Again, my Asus EEE has proven very useful. Only 900 grams (less than 2 pounds!) makes it very easy to carry and that's really what I do with it. I take it to every business trip, personal trip, vacation or conference. I've had it with me on several occasions and this is how it saved my time:

In Beijing, China for a W3C Conference
By using wi-fi I could connect to the conference network even by night. I used Skype to call or video call my girlfriend and talk for hours.

In Berlin, Germany for a Shareware conference
Connecting it to hotel wireless I used it to update my company's customers web pages. I have used jEdit for editing the code and Firefox add-on called FireFTP for uploading the content to the server.

In London, United Kingdom for the Internet World conference
Connecting to password protected pub network I used it to stay on-line and available on e-mail.

On a trip through USA (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New York)
I have used it to stay in touch with friends, family, and business over e-mail, write a travellers journal on-line, change rent-a-car reservation, reserve hotels and motels on the way and pay for them with my credit card, use the SD card from my camera and EEE's card reader to download photos and copying them to USB key, receive an electronic plane ticket for New York and sending photos from United Nations Public Service Award to the PR of Ministry of Public Administration for publishing them on their web site.

On a holiday in Turkey
I used my EEE for reading and responding to e-mail, downloading photos from my camera and to make backups of them to a SD card. Just before the trip I connected to the airport wireless and made a quick fix to one of the web applications that the customer has requested.

At home
Connected to TV I use it as a video or DVD player, I watch movies directly from a 2 GB USB key.

My EEE has become a very good companion and a great tool. I could still do without it at home, but on my trips I rely on it more than I do on my mobile phone.