Wow, and then we drove past a bunch of oil wells in the middle of an otherwise pleasant rural area called Kern County. I didn’t realize that the Kern County area is responsible for two thirds of all oil produced in California. So there you go. There was even a 1950s truck next to one…
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Are you required to wear a seat belt in California? I thought you were…
And then I saw a dude sitting in the back of a pickup, wrapped in many blankets, taking pictures as they drove down the road with his big SLR. Now that’s dedication to getting a good shot. I would have a picture to show you, except that the OV511 driver oopsed, so the webcam wasn’t…
Meh, 3G coverage with Verizon is patchy
At least between Mountain View and LA the coverage is a bit patchy. We’re back online again, but were off line for a couple of hours. I guess we should take the data from the GPS and provide a map of where Verizon failed to work for us…
On the road
Well, we’ve set off on our trip to Tempe, AZ. The first leg of the trip is to drive down to LA today. There we’ll meet up with one of James’ friends, and have dinner and so forth. Remember we’re tracking the trip online, assuming the 3G coverage is good.
Where in the world are Mikal and James
Tomorrow we will be driving to LA. The day after we continue on to Tempe, Arizona for a week in the Phoenix office. Then we drive home. We got bored this afternoon, so you can track our movements here: http://blog.jdns.org/traveltracker.
Please report to the municipal hall of justice
Catherine rang me while I was at work yesterday to let me know that I had a letter from the courthouse in Santa Clara country demanding (it doesn’t make it sound all that optional) that I attend at the “Municipal Hall of Justice” for jury duty. Yes, they really called it that. Yes, I thought…
Oh, and no affection of SouthWest flights!
(Yes, I’m catching up on CNN this morning, I have a headache, and it seemed like a good plan at the time). Clearly SouthWest want to be the only ones screwing their customers, don’t you dare rest your head on your wife because that’s a Federal offence they will pursue.
Kynan’s going to be in trouble…
Kynan is an Australian I work with. He has an Australian flag in his cube, and it seems to me that he’s skirting on the edge of crazy US laws if he happens to move to one of those jurisdictions. I can’t imagine such laws passing in Mountain View, but I figure he deserves the…
Dave and Busters
To celebrate a recent launch the team went out to an “adult arcade” called Dave and Busters today. An adult arcade is pretty much what it sounds like — imagine a huge collection of arcade games, pool tables, bar, and restaurant. I of course had the most American thing I could find, which was a…
Mi Pueblo
The phrase “Mi Pueblo” is remarkably over used, which made web surfing for this one hard. For some time, Catherine has been doing some of our food shopping at the little Spanish grocery store in Mountain View. For the first time I went along yesterday (she normally goes when I am at work). Imagine a…