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Home again with a new computer

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Published on July 24, 2010

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Finally home on my beautiful Big Island, after two weeks away to be with family on the mainland.  

My laptop bit the dust while I was traveling . I think it can be rescued, but meanwhile I had no internet access for two weeks. So when I got as far as LA, I bought a backup laptop.  I'm not one to buy a second laptop just for the fun of it, but the thought of not working on articles and websites for a couple more weeks while my primary laptop is  repaired, was just too much.

It's a not-surprising sign of how important this work has become to me. 

When I opened up the WA  site tonight, I realized that in my two'week absence, my ranking went skyhigh back up- to 4816.  It has been bouncing around within a range of 58 or so up to 250 or so, and I have to admit my curiosity in trying to figure out  how my various kinds of input influenced my rank , especially since the whole thing obviously depends on what everyone else is doing too.  

So now, in one of those interesting little sidelights of life, I will be watching once again how my various activities on WA influences rank.  It is a funny preoccupation for a minute or so each day.  And I guess I just learned what two weeks away does!

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