It may be hard to imagine in this techno-heavy world we live in, but people once traveled without the benefit of electronic gadgetry. No mobile phones, no netbooks, no iPads - not even a calling card to use at a payphone. In some cases, people travel nowadays to escape the sort of technology that makes...

Obviously, it can be stressful to tote your computer with you everywhere (what if I can't find an internet connection? what if my laptop gets stolen? what if I drop it and everything breaks? where did I put that thumb drive with my important documents on it?) and most of us can't have a dedicated...