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[ellarien]

I'm safely back in Tucson. Going to fall over soon, but I'd better round up something to eat first.

Best travel accessory ever: a pair of $40 off-brand noise-canceling headphones. They don't completely block the sound of 747 engines, but they cut it down enough to make the iPod audible, which is nice when the classical music channel on a twelve-hour flight is on a two-hour loop.

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[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I got a good travel accessory recently. It's an iPod accessory kit that includes a single-use battery supposedly good for 8 hours (provided one follows some absurd regimen of optimal usage including no backlight, no switching between songs and no equalization) and a rechargeable battery pack that's supposed to be good for up to 12 hours (previous restrictions apply). Anyway, the best part is I got them all for ten dollars instead of 50, because the Radio Shack was going out of business. Maybe I should have bought two. The earphones I have aren't technically noise-cancelling, but they fill the ears in a way that drowns out a lot of outside sound.

[ellarien]

Sounds like a good deal! I haven't yet used mine in the field for long enough to run down the built-in battery, but in theory it could happen on long trips, particularly now that I've solved the completely-useless-in-noisy-surroundings problem.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Welcome home. I'm glad you enjoyed the trip after all.

[ellarien]

Thanks! Yes, after all the pre-trip nerves, it was a great trip. Stay tuned for many more details and photos, now that I'm back on my own internet.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I'm glad the trip was such a success. Have a good rest now.

[ellarien]

Thanks! Rest would be nice; I did get a reasonable night's sleep, but I'm off again Friday week, so there Things to be done.