I am writing this on the free (or at least unprotected) wireless network in Fukuoka Airport on the way back from an on-site troubleshooting visit to our customer's data centre. So, yes, Christmas is not observed much hereabouts (although I did see an ANA check-in attendant in a red-white Santa mini-dress-thingy). They gave me a Panasonic ToughBook CF-W5 for the trip, and I am liking it. Twelve inch display, very compact, very light (I checked my bag several times to make sure I really packed it).

Personally, I have been without a laptop since my beloved iBook died years ago, always waiting for that elusive ultra-portable, bridging the immediate home computing needs with a progression of Mac Minis (like those, too). So, please Steve Jobs, give us that MacBook Nano already.