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What you learn while traveling is to find "free wifi" signs. And when it's raining even more so. And pubs in England are lovely. Perfect combination.

Susan and I ate The Gloucester on Sloane in London.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:29:35 -0800 Prepping for Techdays 2012 http://www.bricin.net/prepping-for-techdays-2012 http://www.bricin.net/prepping-for-techdays-2012

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Spent the week in Paris meeting students and design schools and speaking at TechDays 2012. Good fun, hard work.

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What a great idea.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:49:56 -0800 BA Lounge, Seattle http://www.bricin.net/ba-lounge-seattle http://www.bricin.net/ba-lounge-seattle
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Chilling in the lounge as our flights are delayed due to bad weather
in London. Nice place to chill if you have too.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:15:38 -0800 Pine Marten, Mt Bachelor http://www.bricin.net/pine-marten-mt-bachelor http://www.bricin.net/pine-marten-mt-bachelor
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Windy as usual, the sun was very welcome.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:19:53 -0800 Article: Vintage Photos of Airplane Travel and Celebrities http://www.bricin.net/article-vintage-photos-of-airplane-travel-and http://www.bricin.net/article-vintage-photos-of-airplane-travel-and
Wow.... Just wow.... I have had my share of what passes for swanky flights (BA 1st Class is lovely) but this is a whole new level

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:07:18 -0700 Surf's up!! http://www.bricin.net/surfs-up http://www.bricin.net/surfs-up
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We bought two old paddleboards, love it

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:09:03 -0700 Weird Al at the Puyallup Fair http://www.bricin.net/weird-al-at-the-puyallup-fair http://www.bricin.net/weird-al-at-the-puyallup-fair

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The Fair is what you'd expect. Crowds of overweight people cramming bad "food" down their craws. When I was a kid there were animals which were frankly boring but a touch more rustic.

Weird Al though put on a heck of a show. Over two hours he sang more words than any normal person could remember. The band was tight. The crowd laughed and sang along and it was a good time.

Attached is a snapshot of "White & Nerdy".

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The seats at San Jose airport have outlets in them including USB. Nice touch.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:58:29 -0700 Ideal bar and grill http://www.bricin.net/ideal-bar-and-grill http://www.bricin.net/ideal-bar-and-grill

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The boardwalk in Santa Cruz is a travesty. Ugly and loud and all things I dislike a out America rolled into a tight package. But the kids like it, go figure.

Susan and I stopped on a beachfront deck and had a drink while waiting for the kids. The Ideal Bar & Grill is not ideal in most senses but it has the "location" part down. Food is meh, service tends to be slow but friendly.

Most fun: two old Brit-rockers up from LA. One guy looked a bit like Keith Richards 20 years ago and without the drugs. From Liverpool and Manchester, couldn't place them but I strongly suspect a 80s hair band perhaps.

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Mountain biking at Wilder Ranch, truly a primal day!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:51:21 -0700 Primal Travel http://www.bricin.net/primal-travel http://www.bricin.net/primal-travel
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Santa Cruz is both easy and hard to travel and stay on my diet. Easy
because there are great food shops. Hard because there is a ton of
Mexican food around and all those tortillas would be too hard to
resist.

This is an impromptu tour of MJA winery

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:01:23 -0700 +1 for Alaska Air http://www.bricin.net/1-for-alaska-air http://www.bricin.net/1-for-alaska-air The flight today has free wifi. I'm sure we'll all look back and wonder why we thought this was cool but hey, my first in-flight wifi.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:01:02 -0700 SeaTac, not so bad http://www.bricin.net/seatac-not-so-bad http://www.bricin.net/seatac-not-so-bad

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Not bad this morning. We arrived at the airport and the security lines were long. It's tourist season so people arrive with water bottles in their bags, etc. Business travelers must hate this time of year.

One thing I like at SeaTac is the security folks tell you where the shorter lines are. When they talk, MOVE. If you don't the herd moves an what was short is now long. Just speed walk and all is good.

Almost ran into Glenn, he was ahead of us in security but racing for another terminal.

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I recently unsubscribed from Travelocity's email newsletter. I don't use the information and just delete the email. I clicked unsubscribe, submit... and received the text pasted below. Seriously, 5-10 days business days to remove someone from a mailing list?! What, do gnomes walk a hand-written note to the secret vault in which the scroll of user names are stored.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:05:13 -0700 Farmer's Market Ridw http://www.bricin.net/farmers-market-ridw http://www.bricin.net/farmers-market-ridw

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Its not quite biking to a chateau like we did last year but a rare sunny day and a ride to the local Farmer's Market is always lovely.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:42:42 -0700 Taxis in LA http://www.bricin.net/taxis-in-la http://www.bricin.net/taxis-in-la Hasn't been a good travel day anyway, but 20 minutes and counting
waiting for a cab. Super-glad I had no checked bags or I'd be even
farther back. So two things...

One, LA will never be a truly world-class city if they can't figure
out cabs. New York, cabs. London, cabs. Paris, cabs (except for at 2
am on rainy nights downtown and then you better know someone). I've
been to LA for conferences a few times and always a long cab line.

Two, why isn't this automated? They know when flights arrive and they
know where taxis are. That's a decent algorithm. You could refine this
by using parking-lot data (eg if the lot is full proportion of taxis
is smaller) or data from rental car companies.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:04:04 -0700 Virgin Air experience starts poorly http://www.bricin.net/virgin-air-experience-starts-poorly http://www.bricin.net/virgin-air-experience-starts-poorly Hm, I thought VirginAir was supposed to be slick. But when trying to check in last night I couldn't select a seat. So I called. And I still can't get a seat. Hm... Sure I paid full price. Sure I logged in early and even called. And yet I am virtually assured a crappy seat. Which I can deal with except I am supposed to be working which is impossible in a middle seat.

So I hit the airport early and yep, middle seat. And the last few non-middles are controlled at the gate.

So we now have a few fails in a row. I see no reason to fly this airline again when I can always get a decent seat on Alaska. I may not love Alaska Airlines as their service slips but at least they can figure out online checkin.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1210477/Dublin_Marathon_Avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZyH4Zdmdldf Paul Steckler Bricin Paul Steckler Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:26:05 -0700 Nice morning http://www.bricin.net/nice-morning http://www.bricin.net/nice-morning Any morning that starts with Nespresso and sunshine is fine by me.

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He was so excited he woke and early to finish chores.

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