test post via email

Following a suggestion by commenter Michelle, I'm attempting to post to my blog by sending it email. Since internet access on board is (a) expensive and (b) slow, it is clearly desirable to minimize the amount of actual bandwidth involved in posting entries.

I was also sorely tempted to use a Spot, a GPS-type device attached to software that posts a map showing my exact location plus pictures and blog entries. Sorely tempted. Sufficiently sorely that I may still go that way. But Spot is actually more for people who hike the wilderness or sail the ocean blue in itty-bitty boats, not people who circle the globe in floating hotels. Still, it's got all these really cool features ...