My haircut went well. I did feel bad for the stylist, who was excellent but didn't speak English. I think I was able to communicate all of the important things and certainly waked out with better hair!
The internet is a magical thing. When I search for things in Milan (or other cities when I am traveling) I use Italian or English based on what type of information I want. If I want to know the mass schedule for a church, I search for that in Italian - it will take me to the official page fastest. But when I want tourist-type info, I look in English. So, it occured to me that I could search for "best cafes to work at in Milan" and that I could find American-style places. There are many great places in Milan! Many of them aren't like coffeeshops in the US, but some of them are much better.
I am currently in a place called "Coffice" where you pay an hourly rate that includes a pastry/snack buffett and unlimited coffee/water/tea. The internet is great! I've been having more and more problems with the internet at my apartment, so simply having good WiFi is worth the cost itself. However, I think the rate that I drink coffee/tea and eat pastries also makes this a really good deal. I would come back frequently, except it is on the other side of the city! There is a cafe called Upcycle that is more convenient that I will check out next time.
Not only am I happy with the location I found, but this is also the first time I've tried to do serious work on my tablet. I bought the tablet for this trip but I haven't used it as much as I expected. I am giving it a chance, and it is really shining! Typically I write all of my documents/paper/presentations/etc in LaTeX, but the plan is to submit this paper to a journal that doesn't except LaTeX. I'm typing the draft in a Google Doc. Using Dropbox I can refer back to the papers and code that I have been working with on my "real" laptop. I'm happy that this is working - and that I don't need to haul my gigantic laptop around to do a little work.
Of course, I am much more comfortable working in Linux than in Android. Within an hours, I decided I needed emacs (a text editor). It is what I use for everything, and the Dropbox text editor just wasn't good enough for looking at code. So, I've installed a terminal program and emacs on my tablet. Now I just need to figure out how to make the Dropbox App and the Terminal App talk to eachother...
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