Airport

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Brigade Delbrack) — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:13 GMT

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:
It was a really big hotel, so there were multiple conferences going on simultaneously. One so happened to be SANS, a computer security company. They were right across the lobby from us. And they had a couple of wireless networks, unsecured, so I connected through those!

Ha ha ha ha! Irony.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (CRAWLand1000) — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:05:44 GMT

Here are the duck pictures.

You can see them full size by using "view image" in firefox (I only used height tags to shrink them -- the files are still huge)

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:46:44 GMT

One thing I forgot to post about was how I got online at the convention.

It was a really big hotel, so there were multiple conferences going on simultaneously. One so happened to be SANS, a computer security company. They were right across the lobby from us. And they had a couple of wireless networks, unsecured, so I connected through those!

Another funny thing was black market pizza. People would shove pizza fliers under your door every single day. Then the...

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:32:25 GMT

But there were a couple of hills so steep that when I had to stop for a red light, then shift my foot from the brake to the gas, the car would actually start to roll backwards. I've never had that happen before, not even in the mountains of Tennessee. Looking back, maybe I should have put the van in low gear there.

I've had that happen in NJ. There's a traffic light in Moorestown that I do everything in my power to avoid because if you get stopped...

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:15:22 GMT

Well, FO picked me up last night. I was so glad to see her after being away for so long.

I bought a book (The Green Mile) at the San Diego airport, but didn't finish it this time. For one thing, early in the flight, a kid was crying pretty relentlessly. I say kid rather than baby, because later in the flight I got a look at her, and she was about 2 years old. And it was really more shrieking than crying. I put up with it for a while, then realized, hey, I have an MP3...

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:13:38 GMT

The place I ate at that I referred to in the previous post was in the motel. It was greasy. We had Mexican again last night, and it was substantially better, but, still, not better than what you can get in Ohio.

I bought a pair of pants, some other stuff, and got some swag, and still managed to leave with the same number of bags as I came in with. First, I just heard of this...

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:42:10 GMT

One thing I miss is playing my guitar. I had been playing it every day, but now I can't touch it for a week.

Anyway, we ate at a seafood place last night. I picked something that was supposed to have been caught local. It was okay, but no doubt about it: The seafood I had in San Francisco was much superior to what I've had in San Diego. Not even close. I think it's even possible that a seafood place we have in Ohio is maybe a little better.

We had lunch...

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Kitsunexus) — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:17:52 GMT

You should play the Master System version of Ninja Gaiden.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:08:24 GMT

It was probably dumb to, and I haven't used it yet, but I did bring it.

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feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:06:01 GMT

I know, I didn't think you'd bring it with you on a trip, though.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:58:46 GMT

Not really, since I have a gamepad.

But I'm not bored in the sense of "having nothing to do".

Some of the people here rented a boat and went sailing around. I'd like to do something like that with FO, but as is, I'm just tired and maybe feeling a little down. So, I just went back to my hotel room.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:24:20 GMT

Play some emulated games on the laptop? Probably have to be an RPG with the keyboard.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:34 GMT

I'm not seriously expecting you to do anything about me being bored.

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feeds@yuku.com (Forum Jackass) — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:02:40 GMT

I saw a male and female mallard by the side of the road yesterday on my way to work. On the way home, I had to slow down because several Killdeer were running around in the road.

Have you tried working on reviews or making more Powerup Comics to help with your boredom? I wish I could help you, but there's not much I can do.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:52:44 GMT

Oh, yeah, there was some reception thing on the roof (but only five or so floors up). What was cool was that there was a pool in the open there, and at the end, a mallard and his mate were just swimming around there! I borrowed a digital camera from someone else and took a couple of pictures, so hopefully I'll get those eventually.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Pretty bored and homesick. Some people in the group want to do some boating thing in the afternoon, but I'd be happier going back to the room and taking a nap.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (MaskedSheik) — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:16 GMT

if you fell down a escalator going up would you ever make it to the end

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:59:21 GMT

Escalators that are at particularly steep angles or move fast scare the crap out of me. Trying to step on to them when your at the top, I mean. Just thought you should know.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:13:17 GMT

A couple of more pictures from around the conference hotel (not where I'm staying, btw)

From the balcony of the third floor:

I didn't want to keep opening and closing my laptop, so I was carrying it around open and accidentally got this one of an escalator.

Re: Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:25:34 GMT

Geez, Codie, one's of the bay, one's of the dock, one's of the city, one's of the Marriott, and one's of the bay off the side of the other Hyatt tower.

Airport

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:02:00 GMT

FO, when I come back, do you think you'd be able to pick up me and one of my co-workers from the airport? It'll be sort of late Friday night (maybe around 10 PM), so it shouldn't interfere with your work.