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Once a year if he's lucky, David Dorn jets off to warmer climes to recharge his batteries - completely free of PCs and technology in general...
... or so he says! Actually, that should be 'So I say', because, inevitably, given the kind of place She Who Must be Obeyed and I go to, technology is never that far away. This year (as in so many other years) we'll be heading off to Lanzarote, and island known not only for its airport now (thanks to ITV's series on Tuesday nights) but also the amazing plethora of shops selling technological doo-dahs of every description.
On the island, you can buy digital cameras, digital video cameras, MP3 players and all manner of other goodies - even portable PCs and TFT monitors. Avoiding technology, then, is not going to be easy.
Rest assured, though, that this particular writer and editor will be doing his level best to spend his time enjoying the food and drink, the sun and sea, the walking and boating and anything else that has nothing to do with PCs and digital trickery.
It's about the only way I'll be able to spend the other eleven and a half months of the year immersed in the Practical PC ethos of keeping abreast of the times and bringing you the best guides, reviews and web-authoring articles that are available.
As usual, though, many of the regular readers will be off to foreign shores at the same sort of time. To everyone, I'd like to wish you a happy holiday, and no unfortunate incidents. While I'm away, the Chat room will still be open, manned by the ever-resourceful Peter Hall (ShineyPete) and regular chatters Imagedktr, Gazwozere and Scaniawheelnuts, amongst others.
Take it from me, these guys are knowledgeable, and well capable of helping out anyone with a problem, as we do every Monday night at 9pm.
Updates
Even though we're away, though, Practical PC won't have closed down. We've arranged barrowloads of stuff for you to read, plenty of new articles to read, and loads of interesting software to play around with.
That's it! I'll be sunning myself, possibly, while you're reading this - be sure to tune in on the 19th of August, when I'll be back, refreshed and ready for another year of scintillating weekday updates - with some new features you won't want to miss!
