Modern Wedding

For the past couple of days we have been in the midwest visiting my wife's family and attending the wedding of a niece.

One of the points of discussion was whether my mother in law would be able to attend.  She had recent eye surgery and thought with the combination of the heat and humidity of the summer in Michigan and still recovering from the surgery that the trip would be too much.  (It was about 100 degrees yesterday and very humid so not exactly ideal conditions for anyone.)

But she wanted to be there.   We came up with a solution which was partially successful.   We used my laptop to do an iChat connection so she could sit in back of the outdoor ceremony and watch and listen to the proceedings.   I say it was partially successful.   The Internet connection was seemingly at the limit of its capabilities and so the picture had a tendency to pixelate and freeze.   We'll make up for that with a couple of hundred pictures.   And as broadband and video conferencing continues to advance - those kinds of problems will be lessened.   But it was a reasonable attempt.