Here’s a bit of proof that I was in Australia recently.  I’m not very good with pictures (by “with” I mean being in them or ever doing anything with the pics I do take), but I was able to do a couple here for posterity.

“Burger King” by any other name tastes just as scrumptious…

 Did [...]

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The TSA recently (a week or so ago) put up a blog soliciting input on its operations. Within hours, there were hundreds of posts, mostly accusing the agency of either being incompetent or malicious, or of using the blog as a PR smokescreen. While all may be true accusations, the TSA responded today [...]

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I went to a bookstore in China and saw some interesting computer books.
I’m doing some Grails work these days, so was surprised to see this:

Bill Wagner is one of the organizers of the CodeMash conference, and the only name I could find in the Chinese bookshop that I knew personally.

Also, I chuckled a bit seeing [...]

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What a trip!  I took my wife’s camera, and will be posting a lot of pictures in the next week or so.  I came back through Chicago , which was having a bad enough snow that many flights were delayed or cancelled, which seemed to impact my flight.  We sat on the runway for two [...]

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Yes, I was taken for a ride, literally and figuratively, my first hour in China.  A taxi ride from Pudong airport to downtown Shanghai, about 50 kilometers, ended up costing me 1280 yuan - about $200 give or take.  It was my own fault for not checking before I got in the cab, but I [...]

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I’m heading out to China tomorrow morning and will be back in the US on Dec 15, then in San Francisco until December 18, back in Raleigh on the 19th. I will be checking email when I can, but can’t guarantee a timely response due to work scheduling and the time differences.
I’m a bit [...]

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I’m heading out to China tomorrow morning and will be back in the US on Dec 15, then in San Francisco until December 18, back in Raleigh on the 19th.  I will be checking email when I can, but can’t guarantee a timely response due to work scheduling and the time differences.
I’m a bit nervous [...]

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Had one big afternoon/evening in London, and took some crappy camera-phone pictures (will link to flickr when I get them off the phone).
At Gatwick airport at “the pip” smoothee/bagel shop, I met “The Steps“, an Austin band flying home from an apparently wild set of weekend shows in London. At first I thought it [...]

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Well, hanging out is a bit overstated.  I just got here a couple hours ago and crashed.  Had a weird shower, and am now waiting to either have or cancel a conference call at 6 so I can head out to dinner.  There’s a flash/flex developer group in Reading which I might try to head [...]

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I just found out today that I’ll be in the UK next week.  London, as far as I know right now.  I’m looking to swing an extra day to myself there, which would be next Saturday, November 10.  If there are any area PHP or webdev groups going on, please give me a holler.  If [...]

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