I must say that I like Boston. It feels a lot like Sydney, and I hope that Boston is the city that Sydney is in another 200 years. Boston has plenty of history (it seems that America happened here, and the rest of the continent came along for the ride), isn’t too built up (not…
Boston
I am forever glad to be away from Dallas, which seemed to have few redeeming features (although perhaps that’s because I was staying in the worst hotel I have stayed in in the US). I’m now in Boston, where the Kimpton is very nice. It has a hilarious leopard skin print theme, but apart from…
Arrived in Dallas
I arrived in Dallas yesterday. This part of the trip is to attend LISA 2007, spend some time on the Google booth, and present a poster about the initial research in my new-improved-previous-topic-abandoned PhD. I’m staying in the same hotel as the conference, the Grand Hyatt. Staying at the Grand Hyatt has led me to…
Random travel tip: DFW / Dallas Fort Worth
If you’re flying through DFW and have a layover, then this random advice based on my experience yesterday might help. The airport is huge, but bits of it were built at different times. The D gates were much nicer (and had a better selection of food places) than the A gates. I assume that means…
Arrived at Disney World!
We’;re here at Disney World (at the All stars movie resort if that matters). I don’t really have any comments yet, apart from it talking way longer than we thought to drive from Boca Raton to Disney World. Florida seems to be composed mainly of strip malls, gated communities, freeways, and toll booths. More to…
A busy couple of days
Andrew had his school walkathon yesterday — the five year old and I did 16 laps of the school oval before we gave up. The timing was unfortunate, given that we woke yup at 4am today and flew to Florida. Initial impressions: Miami traffic is congested, Navman GPSs don’t work well in Florida, its insanely…
The book is doing ok
I must say I am pleased with the Amazon rank for the MythTV book. The ranks seem volatile though — the other day it was doing well in “Linux books”, now its doing well in “video books”.
Roomba serial cables
Similarly, I should build a serial cable for my Roomba sometime. Howto.
Dead Roomba battery
My Roomba’s battery is dead. Am I brave enough to make my own new one? Probably not, but I’ll make a note of the howto, so I can go it next time.
Noisy neighbours at Central Park in Mountain View
Its 5am my time, and I’ve been awake since 3am. Not from choice though — its the downstairs neighbours waking us up yet again. They’re shift workers you see, and must either sleep with construction hearing protection on, or be deaf. Either way, they seem to think its ok to stand outside our apartment at…