> I find it a bit amusing that the OP externalized his trip in an article about how people shouldn't externalize It's even more meta than that since OP include

> I find it a bit amusing that the OP externalized his trip in an article about how people shouldn't externalize It's even more meta than that since OP includes "Discussion over at Hacker News" link at the bottom, anticipating people discussing OP discussing OP's trip. Part of this argument is old and recycled. I first heard it about people who would obsess about taking pictures of trips and boring everyone with slide shows when they got back, then about fathers who had a video camera at the ready on every vacation.