Travels

So, Northstar. We left Thursday night at around 5:30 or so, from work, Nils & I. After getting lost for half an hour – thanks a lot, Hamilton Avenue, #%@! – we finally got to F2’s place, and from there departed… I think we were on our way by 6:30 or so. It took forever… Read more

So, we finally booked our stuff today; F2, Nils & I. The motel was way cheaper than I’d expected; $100 a night or so for the room, which from memory is half what we were paying last time I was at Tahoe… but then, it was NYE at the time then, so… though, it is… Read more

Yesterday I went to visit the Computer History Museum. I’d been meaning to do so more or less since I got here, but in the absence of any knowledge other than that it existed, it had been easy to pass on by. During the week, however, F2, Emily & I went to a talk there… Read more

I decided I really didn’t particular like my bank account containing actual money, so I went and spent a chunk of it on some airplane tickets. These airplanes are known for travelling vaguely over the Pacific at times, and may indeed be landing in Melbourne. 😄 To be less annoyingly vague, I’ll be flying out… Read more

I just spent an hour or two perusing the largely dodgy websites of the various major airlines, trying to do an exhaustive check of flight prices for both Thanksgivingish and Christmasish. It pretty much just confirmed my earlier suspicions – the cheapest I could find, on any route with any airline with any ridiculous number… Read more