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Road Warrior

Tales of travel and misadventure

New Zealand: Travel Log

In Road Warrior on 29 November 2006 tagged new zealand with 5 comments

New Zealand’s known for a lot of things: sheep, extreme activities, gorgeous landscapes and sheep. The past two weeks, I had the pleasure of spending some time in that side of the planet, right under the ozone hole, to pass my Thanksgiving and celebrate my college room mate Sean’s wedding.

My trip was alternately comprised of [...]

To the Parent Sitting Behind Me

In Road Warrior on 19 November 2006 with 6 comments

Hi, I know this is only an hour flight but do you remember, before you had a child, how you never wanted to sit in a flight with screaming babies and worse yet, a baby that’s kicking your seat? I’m sure it wasn’t that long ago. Your boy’s only just started to utter words and [...]

Jedis in Manhattan

In Road Warrior on 21 August 2006 tagged bomb, games, james bond, jedis, kids, manhattan, star wars, video games with 2 comments

On my way back from DC, I had the pleasant experience of once again having my first leg of the flight delayed and thus running through the terminal to catch the connection. US Airways was less than apologetic about the possibility that my luggage may once again not make the connection with me and I [...]

Luggage Update

In Road Warrior on 13 August 2006 with 3 comments

Yesterday: baggage person tells me the luggage will arrive in the morning and it’ll take 3-4 hrs meaning I should expect it around noon.

Today 1pm: I grab lunch nearby just in case the luggage gets delivered. It doesn’t. I call the automated service and it says it’s with the delivery company and will arrive in [...]

No Spikey Hair For You!

In Road Warrior on 12 August 2006 with 2 comments

I’m traveling for Adaptive Path’s UX Week in DC where I’ll be doing the Communicating Concepts Through Comics presentation, this time without the aid of Jane.Before that though, I’m making a quick stop in New York to hang out with my friends on this coast. Of course, no travel of mine is complete without [...]

Rapid WiFi

In Geeky, Road Warrior on 29 May 2006 tagged south dakota, wifi with no comments

I gotta say, I’m surprised there’s free WiFi at the Rapid City, South Dakota Regional Airport. So surprised, I figure I should blog on the plane before the doors close. Yes … I’m bored.

The Power of My Phone

In Geeky, Road Warrior on 22 May 2006 tagged humour, jamie, san francisco with no comments

I’m in Vancouver and my phone rings. I look at it and reject the call. You see, it’s my San Francisco phone and it’s roaming so I’m not about to answer just any call - especially this one. It was a call from the front door of my apartment complex in SF. My brother is [...]

Pet Peeves, New and Old.

In Road Warrior, Thoughts and Rants on 18 May 2006 with no comments

New - people who stuff their massive carry-on, slightly less massive carry-on that’s supposed to be their “personal item”, their massive jacket and their duty free bag all into the upper compartment, thus occupying the entire compartment, thus causing others to have to check their bags from the plane, thus delaying the flight. There’s room [...]

One of Those Days

In Road Warrior on 5 July 2005 tagged immigration with 2 comments

I’ve often said that my best anecdotes are provided by the INS. I alsmot feel I should have a category for those anecdotes to collect them all together. Then publish a mini-compendium.

This time, I was travelling to San Francisco to attend a friend’s wedding (which, I might add, was a very beautiful wedding - a [...]

Chinese New Year Fireworks

In Road Warrior on 24 February 2005 tagged Unfiled with 1 comment

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Chinese New Year Fireworks, originally uploaded by kurioso.



A view of the higher fireworks was visible from our balcony. Despite the imagery, it was [...]