Travels

Rome Day 2: We’re Here To See The Pope

September 26, 2008

Today we took on theVatican and the many papal interests and intrigues within. We did not have an audience with the Pope. I was surprised as we had Tweeted that we would be there. It was beyond rude… I mean, are these people not connected? You think it’s a coincidence that all 10 commandments are [...]

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Dear Italy, there IS A FREAKING INTERNET!

September 26, 2008

I just have to rant on how hard it is to get on the Internet over here.¬† It’s nuts. You can pay tons of cash for phone access, but we’ve put on miles… sorry, kilometers… trying to find a place with a WiFi zone. Many are broken, or only have terminals. We finally found a [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-25

September 25, 2008

I’m at Rome (Roma, Latium, IT) – http://bkite.com/01FJO #
I’m at Vatican City (VA) – http://bkite.com/01FUP #
Saw Sistene Chapel, La Pieta, climbed the dome of St. Peter’s and now in dire need of some wine. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-24

September 24, 2008

I’m at Philadelphia Airport (USA) – http://bkite.com/01EUt #
No power adapters for US devices on the plane. Would be a boring flight if not for those mimosas! #
http://twitpic.com/cxor – Long flight and we’re seriously tired, but we made it to Rome! #
Visited Pantheon, obelisks, and many old things in Rome. Ate pizza and spaghetti. Been up [...]

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Rome Day 1: Wow, this place is… is… zzzzzzz…(take 2)

September 24, 2008

Forgot that email posting to wordpress has to be plain text, so
reposting again (from my balcony in Rome (which is just still cool to
me))
Great flight from Phoenix to Philadelphia. Got separated in Philly
airport, which is the size of New Zealand. Marco Polo covered less
ground than we did going from Terminal B to Terminal A. These [...]

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It wasn’t this tough for Ceasar, I swear…

September 21, 2008

We’re headed to Italy for a little over a week, and I may need a separate suitcase just for all the freaking power cables and connectors. iPhone, Kindle, netbook, camera, and I don’t know all what else. It looks like a gangly plastic squid died on our kitchen table as I sort it all [...]

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Gettin Geeky wit’ it

July 23, 2008

Up at OSCON in Portland, in the conf hall, writing this from my iPhone. Could this be cooler? Could it be lamer?
At least I got a green Google moleskine out of the trip!

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