Under the Tuscan Sun.

My main residence, while in Italy, will be a villa in Pieve a Nievole, Toscana. It's almost equidistant from Pisa and Florence (Firenze). I've been told that Pisa is about 20 minutes away, so I have to assume that Florence is roughly the same. Pieve a Nievole's population is a quaint 9,000. It's a good thing that Pisa (with a population of ~90,000) and Florence (with a population of ~500,000) are so close.

Besides e-mail, instant messanger, and my cellular phone, I will also have my VoIP phone. Once connected in Italy, both my Seattle (+1 206 2195793) and my Bologna (+39 051 0545004) numbers will ring at that location. It might take several weeks to get the necessary Internet service operational, so rely on my e-mail for now.

Keep in mind that Italy is 10 hours ahead of Seattle. 11:00 PM in Seattle would be 9:00 AM the next day in Pieve a Nievole. This means that participating in Confab while I'm away won't be too horrible from a time difference. I'll just need to be up and ready at 6:00 AM when the show starts at 8:00 PM in Seattle. That's much better than having to get up at 3:00 AM.

I found a nice desktop clock (VelaTerra) for my Powerbook, which displays the times for multiple cities (totally configurable). The same company also makes a MacOS X Dashboard Widget (VelaClock).