A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts
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… He was sitting on his ass in the Metropolitan Lounge at Chicago Union Station, enjoying complimentary beverages & snacks. Eventually the train was called, and so we all trooped down to the boarding hall, where we stood around being…
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Posting from Union Station, in the Metropolitan Lounge, of course
Right, well, that was a journey. Flight from Heathrow to Dublin was delayed by almost an hour by the end of things. Arrival in Dublin for some reason involved getting a bus to make it to connecting flights, so said…
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Up To Three “Well That’s Not Good” Situations So Far, And I’m Still In England
First was the strike action, announced on Wednesday, affecting my flight. That eventually got cancelled. Next was my phone declining, or at least being difficult about, taking a charge. Annoying, but I’ve got my old NZ phone with me, which…
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Plans For An Eventful Gen Con
For some reason, possibly related to having too much free time, I decided to do a roundup of this year’s Gen Con plan; Specifically, the games.
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Nearly Two Weeks In At The Winchester
The floors got a bunch clearer once I found the recycling bin corral; There were plenty of references to it, and to needing a proximity token to get access, but nothing saying where it is. Eventually found it by looking…
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Well, That Went Better Than Expected
I’m now moved in at the new place ( provisionally The Winchester, but it’s still being workshopped, and the focus groups are still reviewing it ) and moved out of the old one. The cats are going to be very…
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A Flat Must Have A Name
So far, the best I’ve got is “The Winchester”, for the Shaun Of The Dead reference. Backing up slightly; After almost two years living in a rented room in a place with cats who I’m sure you’re all sick of…
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London Tube Map, 2018
Turns out that, while an interesting effect, the ‘coloured-in map’ look is a bit tricky to do, at least if you’re me & you’re using raster data. Probably easier if I was using some sort of vector layer approach, so…
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Neue Slowenische Kunst
If I’m going to be subjected to Rammstein & Laibach numbers as part of my mental earworm soundtrack, I’m damn well going to incorporate references to it in the posts. Most of the Dev Summit is, I suspect, of no…
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Beset By Light Drizzle
The plan for Monday was to do more tourist stuff, but was hampered by rain. Part of the Monday plan had been to go up the tower, but … I already know what clouds look like, and while the rain…
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