On the evening of Thursday February 24th, suitcases in hand, MJ and I headed down to the San Francisco airport for a quick flight down to Los Angeles for the Southern California Linux Expo. We arrived at LAX just after midnight and were checked into our hotel room by 1AM. I went right to sleep […]
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Ubucon at SCaLE9x in Los Angeles
February 20th, 2011 by pleia2
Can an Ubucon be put together in 2 weeks? The intrepid Nathan Haines thought so and has succeeded in bringing together 6 speakers from across the Ubuntu community, plus himself for a Q&A session, to participate. Ubucon at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) will be taking place this Friday, February 25th. I’ll be doing […]
Thanksgiving in New England
December 7th, 2010 by pleia2
On the evening of Tuesday November 23rd I took a redeye flight out of San Francisco to a connection in Newark, New Jersey and then up to Manchester, New Hampshire. I didn’t encounter any security issues (just had the typical metal detector in the lane I was in) and the slight delay out of SFO […]
Vegas Jaunt
November 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
The Friday before last I was able to take off from work a couple hours early so I could run down to the airport and catch a 5PM flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas to meet MJ. The first hurdle was the notorious body scanners, which SFO has and I avoided. Half the lanes […]
Oh the neons are a gleamin’ and the gamblers are a dreamin’
November 12th, 2010 by pleia2
Leaving in a few minutes for my flight to join MJ in Las Vegas! I’ll be back late Sunday night.
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My last day in Dublin: Seals, Malahide Castle and drinks!
October 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
Finally, my last post about Dublin. I’m happy to report that as I write this post about my last day in Dublin, MJ’s last day has wrapped up and he’s coming home to me tomorrow! Saturday morning we slept in. We had a leisurely lunch on O’Connell Street and at 2PM hopped on a bus […]
Book of Kells, Dublin Castle, Christ Church and Saint Patrick’s
October 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Friday I decided to spend the day visiting the great Cathedrals of Dublin, as well as crossing off Dublin Castle and the Book of Kells from my to-see list. First was the The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition. The Book of Kells portion of the exhibition featured a couple of big rooms […]
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Guinness, Jameson and prison (luckily not in that order)
October 20th, 2010 by pleia2
Thursday morning I slept in a bit, because vacations are good for that. But by 11AM I was up and ready to go out, so I grabbed a bagel at a cute little cafe across from Trinity College and then bought a ticket on one of the City Sightseeing buses. Again it was my aunt […]
The Wicklow Mountains
October 20th, 2010 by pleia2
On Wednesday I took my Aunt Mary Ellen’s advice and booked a Wild Wicklow Tour for the day. I have to extend thanks in her direction for all the great tips for this trip, plus thanks to my friend Scott Sweeny who had lots of great ideas following his recent honeymoon in Irleand (and posted […]
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Leprechauns and Howth
October 19th, 2010 by pleia2
After the zoo on Tuesday, Laura and I headed over to the Google Dublin office to meet up with a friend of hers for lunch (and got to have lunch with MJ too!). From there we split up and she headed over to Trinity Capital Hotel to do her second Ubuntu Open Week presentation while […]
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