Just got back from Boston. I took this trip for several reasons (in no particular order):
a) to see people I know
b) to go on a solo road trip
c) to get some city driving experience
d) to go to Macworld Expo
I don’t think I ever would have done this in a Focus. Now that I have a Prius, I am more inclined to drive. It’s like that commercial where the guys have to drive to their mailbox, and they’re happy that they got something addressed to another house.
Here’s the trip roundup:
I almost got there and back on one tank (451 miles). I think I could have made it, but I was stuck on I-95, and the car’s consumption graph had radically dropped from the 40s to 10s and 20s…Eek! So I got off and filled up in da Bronx. The MPG according to the car was high-40s. The Palm app I use says 43.51.
I stayed in the Longwood Medical Area, which is a good place to stay if you like sirens (the noisy kind, not the naked-in-a-lake kind). It was a little room, but it had DSL. If only I had an Airport Express, I coulda made it wireless.
Also looking out the window to determine my wardrobe for the day wasn’t too helpful, because I didn’t bring any scrubs with me.
Oddly, the housekeeping staff felt it necessary to give me a new set of shampoo and soap everyday, in addition to the ones that were there. At the end, I had at least 3 sets. All this despite the fact that I had my own stuff sitting in the shower.
At the show, I found the Harmony Remote, which is one of those universal remotes, but has a few unique features. It has an LCD screen which serves 2 purposes: a) it allows you to add any old button you want, if there isn’t one on the remote already. b) it’ll help you solve problems by trying different things to see if it solves it (you tell it whether it was successful or not). it also has buttons like “watch a movie” that will set up everything for you: DVD player, sound system, etc. in one touch.
I also got an Ice Creem Kit from RadTech, for removing minor scuffs from my iPod. Haven’t tried it yet.
It was great seeing people I knew. A good chunk of the people I knew from the user groups up there were present. You can see some of them here.
Bye for now!