Feb 8
Motivation
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Sometimes you need a little motiation to have a strong finish for the week. Here is mine. Looking forward to some jetskiing this weekend at Magen’s Bay. I still need to figure out where to get some waterproof iPod speakers so I can loop the Miami Vice theme song while skipping across the waves.

Secondly I wanted to see what people thought of the picture quality I’ve been posting. So far I’ve only been blogging from my iPhone which is super convenient with Blogger’s email style posting (beach blogging!). It also means I’m restricted to the iPhone’s 2 megapixel camera (which isn’t horrible), but I do have my Sony T200 8MP camera for hi-res shots as well.

Thoughts?

Jan 31
Travel math
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While waiting at baggage claim today I was wondering why I haven’t experienced the traveling consultant version of hitting the lottery: having your bag come off the conveyor *first*. First out of baggage claim means first in the taxi line and less time at the airport, score!

I do a fair amount of travel (more lately) but I still haven’t had the baggage claim rock star experience. So, according to Wikipedia, the 3 class layout of the venerable 747 has a passenger capacity of 416 cattle. Say about .75 bag per person? (I figure we consultants travel light and make up for the family of four going to Disney) That makes it a measly %0.32 chance each flight. Better than PowerBall I guess and I didn’t even need to dig out my old TI-85.

Sorry for the math post, but I was really bored as you might be able to tell.