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Nate True's Weblog: Posts tagged with city
Posted by natetrue 1 year agoIt'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:
Posted by natetrue 2 years ago
 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 seemed to be moving smoothly enough, so I didn't worry - I calculated a time estimate and I thought we'd be able to make the flight, but when we got to the ticket counter the guy said we were too late. He was nice enough, though, to reschedule us for a flight about two hours later.
Great, we said, now that that's gone wrong, what else could happen?
Jesse and I waited at the airport playing Plasma Pong, a fluid-dynamics version of the old-school Pong. It's pretty addictive and the time went by quickly.
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