Working from home with two small children and an employer that doesn't want me to travel, I was aware of the mobility computers and cellphones offered, but I didn't really get it. In April, four years after I bought my last computer -- and with my trusty PC lagging while saving the world from evil in Counter Strike -- I figured it was time to get something new. I was moving into an office and seemed to be occasionally visiting clients, a laptop seemed to make sense as a replacement.

I pulled the trigger on a 15.4" Asus and, days later, went on a business trip. While sitting in my tiny hotel room in Cologne, I got mobility as I checked all my back emails, listened to my music and then watched a movie I had downloaded at home before getting on the plane. I may have been in a different city, but everthing I needed -- all of modern me -- was there at the Hotel Chelsea.

Wow, I thought. Wow.

Then this week, because I had tons of work I should have been doing (read: procrastinating), I decided to see about connecting my beloved SonyEricsson with the Asus per Bluetooth. Of course, it wasn't a problem. Then I got greedy -- could I not only connect the two but actually surf using my mobile as a modem? A little googling told me I needed a data account, so I looked to see what e-plus had to offer. Astonishingly, four hours later I was online via the SonyEricsson (anyone who lives in Europe knows what a wonder it is to alter any type of contract that quickly -- even if it means more revenue for whatever provider).

Three days later and I'm writing this in the kitchen of a converted horse barn in the middle of nowhere, Germany. I can see a shetland pony and foal out the window, I have my music whining through the Asus' speakers and, after Sabine gets the kids in bed, will watch some U.S. TV I downloaded yesterday (Dexter). I already answered a few work emails and, maybe, tomorrow I'll upload some pics from the first days of our vacation.

Mobility.