Month: January 2006
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San Diego Marriott
It’s great to finally get to the hotel, and a nice hotel it is too. We’re on the 21st floor in the right hand tower. Posh, eh? There’s a great discounted rate for rooms here during this conference that we managed to get because we booked quick. American Airlines lost my bag at JFK, so…
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Manhattan Photos
OK, so here are some photos from our half-day trip to New York. I couldn’t lug my Nikon around, so these are just from a little Canon. We did surprisingly well, ticking off several tourist spots, and my memory performed much better than I thought it would. Spot the locations: I’ve been up the Empire…
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A bit of NYC
We flew into JFK airport, and have a 15 hour stopover while we wait for our American Airlines flight to San Diego. So what do you do? Obvious: give Gareth a whistlestop tour of Manhattan. We visited Time Square, went up the Empire State Building, walked across Central Park, shopped on 5th Avenue, walked through…
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BA to NY
I’m on the plane to New York, after a long coach ride to Heathrow (one of the down-sides to living further away in Swansea). Now we’re in the air I can catch up with some email, podcasts (Pete Tong & the Dawn and Drew Show) and of course blogging. I’m flying BA today, and it’s…
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Grumpiness Revisited
Back to work today. Oh joy. The shit’s hitting the fan already. Making the usual, “Happy New Year. How was your Christmas?” wishes/questions has revealed that most people felt similarly about their Christmas breaks. They’re not just grumpy because they’re back to work, but it seems also because of the type of holiday you get…
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2005 Google Searches
Google had billions of search queries in 2005. Do you wonder which were the most common? Investigate them here.