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  Viva Las Vegas

  09.22.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Viva Las Vegas

  Tonight I find myself in the Rio hotel, off the strip, in my third room. In the first one, neither tv nor internet worked. In the second one, only tv worked. The third one was just right. The staff get credit for never giving me a rough time about being a high maintenance guest. 560 […]

• Travel

  A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E

  09.21.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The old bartender’s bet, can you spell the largest city in New Mexico? That’s where I’m residing temporarily as the truck meanders to points west. Most of the day was spent pondering this most excellent essay on the “Pursuit of Emptiness” by John Perry Barlow. It was mentioned at the conference yesterday; it’s worth reading […]

• Travel

  On the move

  09.21.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on On the move

  Last night I was able to get 296 miles in after the conference camping out in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Two things to mention about this segment, there is, in fact, a Peckerwood Lake – nearly splut water out my nose when confronted with it on the GPS screen and there is a great rib place […]

• Innovation, Travel

  Time, place, and space

  09.20.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Time, place, and space

  Over the past 2 days I’ve had the opportunity to attend the TTI/Vanguard conference on Time, Place, and Space in Memphis, Tennessee at the Peabody Hotel. For a little background, TTI/Vanguard conferences are a place for smart people to get together and explore topics typically with a technical bent. Thank you to Ann Cheslaw and […]

• Humor, Travel

  Peabody Ducks

  09.19.06 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennesee has a very interesting tradition, a march of the ducks each day at 11:00am. There are 5 ducks, 1 drake and 4 hens, that take the elevator down from their penthouse duck mansion to waddle down the red carpet up a step and then into the fountain in the […]

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