Up at 4:30am, worked on the talk and some open source stuff, and tried to chill; I enjoy public speaking, and I’m good at it, but I’m always nervous ahead of time! Packed and checked out of the hotel by 8am, parking was easy and free at that hour! The... [...]
I’m off to Buffalo, NY for a conference, then back towards Seattle. I packed up and said goodbye to the fam - it was a great visit, and the camper was super comfortable, but its been a couple weeks and its time to get rolling again. [...]
I worked on Labor Day, so took Friday off and fled to Maine. I booked a [cheap generic motel] in Bangor, ME, for 2 nights; its about 300 miles from my parent’s to Bangor, and while I could iron-butt it out, a 700-mile day wasn’t in the cards. Why so... [...]
A short update for a lazy afternoon. I met a friend at a coffeeshop in Brattleboro and chatted for an hour or more, and when we parted I realized that A) the sun was brutal and the air humid, and B) that it was only 2pm, and I had plenty... [...]
Every trip planning nerd, pouring over their maps and tools, at some point asks “How many states could you visit in one day?” While bounded by your own definitions of what a day is, and how far you feel you can safely travel in that time, there’s no argument that... [...]