Reporting from Windsor

I am sure most Macophiles already know this but for any newbs or relative Newbs like me I have been looking for one particular feature on the apple that until now has eluded me.This would be the the feature that allows you to scroll up and down pages on a MacBook or MacBook Pro.

All you need to do is use two fingers on the touchpad instead of one while moving them up or down. Using two fingers on the touchpad will scroll if necessary in any active window or while in safari. This is especially helpful when navigating blogs or web sites where you need to scroll up or down.

Simple huh? I love my new Mac

Our plane finally turned up, we where all on board and in seats by 1845. We then had to sit behind a queue of planes for just under an hour but we took off from Newark at 2000 (EDT) and arrived in Memphis a breezy two and half hours later at 2130 (CDT).

Sallys parents picked up Lennys for us and we went back to the house. We had to go out and do some shopping for essential toiletries and we stopped by to see a few family members. I was absolutely dead to the world but I have managed to get in about 9 hours sleep since then

Today consisted of visiting family members and reunion match of phase 10.

I will update more in a few days as we going to Hot Springs for July 4th.

Well we landed at Newark Airport. Our Continental Boeing 777-200ER was an amazing flight. The staff where great, there was over 350 TV programs to choose from, 175 movies and my seat was oh so comfortable.

I cleared the border and got my bags in less than an hour and was really beginning to wonder how I could be having such an easy trip. Unfortunately from here it’s not working so well.

We made our was to terminal A (which we should have landed at instead of C) and I got both the laptops out, took my belt off, moved all metallic contraband to my bag and then waiting nearly an hour to get through security. We then found there was no Starbucks in our section of the terminal but that was OK because our gate got shifted to the other side of the terminal where Starbucks is.

Since then I have been sitting here watching some pretty impressive lightening strike New York and watch the ETA for plane keep getting shifted further and further back.

As it stands we are now due to leave Newark at 1751 (EDT) and arrive in Memphis at 1953 (CDT)

On the upside I have plenty of battery power in my new mac, a power supply close by and Monopoly for the Mac installed.

Things could be a lot worse and to be quite frank I am happy they are not “Keep thinking happy thoughts”

I am just finishing up my packing, Sally is getting a quick power sleep and our taxi will be here in a few hours.

It’s been just under a year and a half since my last proper holiday and I am looking forward to just relaxing. I have just been looking at Seat Guru and discovered the Boeing 777-200ER we are flying on has laptop power in all seats. I was looking forward to testing my new MacBook Air’s battery life but I think I will leave that for the next leg of our Journey, as we have a three hour lay over at New York before continuing onto Memphis on an Embraer ERJ-145

Anyways still a bit more packing to do but very soon we’ll be on a way to Tennessee