Burning the Midnight laptop

The computer is in almost constant use when we are home, between 4 people. It's the way to stay in contact with friends in the states, e-mail and skype calls; we use it to call friends here in Cochabamba who have cell phones, (our phone line has cell phones blocked); have an urge to make cookies? Google a recipe; our best dictionary; organizing the hundreds of photos we are taking, (this digital photo era makes it too easy to take too many!). So there is almost always someone looking north over Cocha and the laptop screen.