January 2008
Marine Computing
I've been doing a lot of work on board lately to get the computer stuff all up and running. I'm still maybe only halfway there, but it occurred to me that it might be time to lay out the basics so far. We moved on board with an iBook G4 and a PPC Mac Mini […]
Winter on the Boat
We have been living full time aboard Scream since the beginning of October, and wintering on a boat is both fun and challenging. Winter in Victoria is, of course, not really winter compared to most places. Both Steven and I are from Edmonton, and there is real winter there. Of course, when we were in […]
Broadband Express is neither
We've been living on Scream for about 100 days now. There have been various ups and downs, but the biggest surprise is that our internet provider, Broadband Express, is terrible. I remember using the internet via dial-up fifteen years ago. And while my current service is faster than 1200 baud, it isn't nearly as reliable. […]