While I was working yesterday, the AC adapter for my 4-month-old laptop decided it would prefer to issue faint beeps instead of delivering 90 watts of DC electricity to my notebook. While I'm very happy with the battery life of my Dell D800, it still ain't gonna last too long.

So, I'm limited in my Internet access. Not that I don't have other computers, but all my links and applications and, well, stuff is on that laptop. It's painful to browse and blog-surf from my server in the basement.

And Don, I haven't bailed on your challenge, but circumstances beyond my control have slowed me down a bit.