Nate True's Weblog http://cre.ations.net/$base_path Thoughts and musings from Nate True, casual inventor."; en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:20 -0600 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:20 -0600 custom http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Living it up in Taipei]]> It's 5 AM in Taipei and I'm wide awake.

Yesterday was a long day, starting on Sunday with a lot of packing and tying up loose ends, and continuing with a 13-hour flight at 1 AM non-stop to Taipei.

I was also coughing a lot because I'm getting over this throat infection and I'm still coughing more than I'd like to. The dextromethorphan isn't working like it's supposed to.

Anyway, we got into the Grand Formosa hotel and I must say, AMD/BuzzCorps really went all out. The room is huge and sports a fantastic view:

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]]> It's 5 AM in Taipei and I'm wide awake.

Yesterday was a long day, starting on Sunday with a lot of packing and tying up loose ends, and continuing with a 13-hour flight at 1 AM non-stop to Taipei.

I was also coughing a lot because I'm getting over this throat infection and I'm still coughing more than I'd like to. The dextromethorphan isn't working like it's supposed to.

Anyway, we got into the Grand Formosa hotel and I must say, AMD/BuzzCorps really went all out. The room is huge and sports a fantastic view:

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/living-it-up-in-taipei http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/living-it-up-in-taipei taipei, computex, dragonfruit, 101, taipei 101, wiring, urban, long exposure, city, sponsored by amd Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:17:05 -0500 <![CDATA[I rode a robot car]]> Sunday was the worst day I've had in a long time. Monday, by contrast, was the best day I think I will have in a while.

GM was nice enough to fly out Jesse Ferguson and me to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for their team's qualifying tests for the DARPA Grand Challenge. The flight was supposed to leave Seattle at a balmy 5:20 AM, so I camped out on the couch for the 5-ish hours of sleep I'd get before we had to leave.

I made sure to leave the lights on, and check the time frequently as I slept so that I would not wake up feeling tired. That, at least, worked.

We had figured that we wouldn't need to leave a lot of time before our flight because it was such an early one. That, as it turned out, was a big mistake. When we got to the ticketing desk to check in, we found that everyone had figured just as we had, and come at the last minute, forming a long line at the check-in desk.

The line...

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]]> Sunday was the worst day I've had in a long time. Monday, by contrast, was the best day I think I will have in a while.

GM was nice enough to fly out Jesse Ferguson and me to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for their team's qualifying tests for the DARPA Grand Challenge. The flight was supposed to leave Seattle at a balmy 5:20 AM, so I camped out on the couch for the 5-ish hours of sleep I'd get before we had to leave.

I made sure to leave the lights on, and check the time frequently as I slept so that I would not wake up feeling tired. That, at least, worked.

We had figured that we wouldn't need to leave a lot of time before our flight because it was such an early one. That, as it turned out, was a big mistake. When we got to the ticketing desk to check in, we found that everyone had figured just as we had, and come at the last minute, forming a long line at the check-in desk.

The line...

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/i-rode-a-robot-car http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/i-rode-a-robot-car robot city, cmu, gm, airplane, delay, titan racing, boss, robot car, burning crust of flies Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:11:51 -0500