braindump

I wrote earlier about a crazy trip to Florida just for the purpose of  acquiring frequent flyer status credits. As it turns out, I converted it from a strict mileage run to a quick trip to Walt Disney World, specifically Epcot.

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This post (and the previous one) was written and posted while flying at 33,000 feet on AA534 from PDX to DFW, thanks to GoGo Inflight Internet.

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DjangoCon in Portland, Oregon, is now over for 2009, bar the sprinting, which I’m not taking part in. It was a great conference, with generally excellent talks, and a great chance to meet some new people as well as see old faces from the last DjangoCon.

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I’m sitting here in the Qantas Pub, er, Club, lamenting the lack of cheese, and waiting for my flight to the US for DjangoCon.

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And now I’m sitting here in Honolulu, waiting for my flight to Portland. The flight from Sydney was delayed about 40 minutes due to thunderstorms on the ground, and we continued to see lightning in the distance for some time after we took off.

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