If it's the middle of July, then it must be time to head for the North Carolina coast again. We look forward to this trip all year, and in two days we're on the way. We'll be on the beach near Wilmington for a week. The forecasts from the Weather Channel are looking good, so everyone is pretty well fired up.

The beach house has, among other great attributes, a very nice and private home office area at the top of the stairs with broadband Internet. We bring along an Apple Airport Express, and lo and behold, wireless internet! This year I'll be able to work on client systems from the huge deck - right on the ocean - as well as from the office. It's pretty cool when you can sit at a table on a ninety five degree day fifty feet from the Atlantic and work on computer systems in Alaska. It makes the time spent working pretty pleasant.