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Santa Monica
I’m currently waiting as part of boarding group A for my South West flight to Santa Monica. I should be there by lunch. So, any last minute suggestions for things to do in Santa Monica apart from drink a lot?
There is a reason Ikea is crowded on the weekends
It only just occurred to me the other day, but I now know why Ikea is so crowded on the weekends. Sure, the cheap furniture is attractive, but I think it’s also go something to do with: Free child care Free nappies and baby change facilities! Bathrooms which are actually designed to be the right…
Reactive economies?
The other day while in Costco (for the foreigners, think Bunnings or some other hardware warehouse, but for food), I was graced with this conversation at the checkout, between two Costco employees: e1: Where the hell is e3? e2: Oh, we didn’t meet our sales target yesterday, so they cut hours today. e1: So he’s…
When in San Diego, visit the aircraft carrier
Just a note to myself to remember to visit the USS Midway if I ever find myself in San Diego.
Tempe, AZ to Mountain View, CA in a day!
Andrew’s sick, Catherine’s tired. So we’re driving home in one day. That’s 733 miles.
Remember to visit the Ronald Regan Presidential library
Remember to visit the Ronald Regan Presidential library, especially because it has planes. I like planes.
Back on the road again
James and I are driving back to Los Angeles today. We’re not running any cameras at the moment, basically because while I now have two nice cameras with better optics and a nice external antenna for the EDGE card, I am having trouble finding a video4linux 2 web cam application. I’ve got some code which…
Los Angeles to Tempe
Another video! This time from Los Angeles to Tempe, along the I-10 E, thru the desert and part a nuclear reactor.
Driving from Mountain View to Los Angeles
Today we stopped off at a house in Los Angeles where one of James’ friends lives. We’re on the way to Tempe, Arizona — that’s another six hours or so away tomorrow.