Weblogging from Various Ends of the Earth?

J. Lawless asks: "My friend and I will both be travelling to remote portions of the globe next fall -- he in a pan-Australasian motorcycle trip and I on a trip into Italy. We both have the same problem: how to get content (text and photos) onto the Internet given that our only lifeline to it will be through random Internet Cafes? It would seem that some sort of PDA to be able to do text entry and image integration would be best, but then what? Most, if not all, cybercafes take a dim view of dropping software on their box for access. For added difficulty points, Dave will be spending much of his trip without reliable electricity hookup, so how to keep the mess running?"

Tips for travel blog

[prabha]

For travel blogging, i assume you need to upload few interesting pics took on your way.

My suggestion is to buy one of Sony Cybershot models(Eg: Sony DSC-P92).
The advantage with this model, drivers are very small and easy to install.
And after installation it creates a USB harddisk(which has all your pics(.jpg format) in it), just Preview with IE and upload to your blog.(special photo extraction software is not required)
Install the drivers over internet and connect your camera to the usb port.
(Keep the drivers in your personal webspace or just search for sony cam drivers link)
Infact you can use this Camera for storing, other types(.txt/.mpg) of files in the storage medium.

Mostly useless stuffs for travellers:
PDA - Installing PDA Sync software on the Internet Cafe's machines might not be possible.(eg:WinCE/Palm Sync software are very big to download on low speed net connection.)
Notebook - Its good to carry if you are tourist, wont workout for a traveller. If you have enough cash, buying one of Sony Vaio slim models.

Enjoy your trip!!
Prabhakar