Thank you, Skype and Borders
Yesterday I was attending a conference down in Mass, and I managed to forget my phone at home. Of course, I needed to negotiate a complicated vehicle transfer with my father-in-law after the meeting, so the lack of communications was really annoying. Finally frustrated with checking email at random hotspots to get return text messages, I stopped at a Borders and hopped on the free wifi (yes, I bought my obligatory coffee). I was able to download Skype pretty quick, and after charging my laptop for a few minutes, slink outside to call from an alcove in the mall. Surprisingly, the call quality was pretty good, and even on the relatively slow Borders network I was able to stream the call and look up directions on Google maps simultaneously. Car exchanged, mission accomplished.
Thank goodness technology can help us find workarounds for our dependence on technology.
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