Justin and I were in Pittsburgh this weekend for some family things. My little brother and his wife were in town so we all went out to an ‘interesting’ dinner with my dad. Adam O had his annual 4th of July weekend party which I stopped by. I got to see a lot of people I haven’t hung out with in a while, so that was cool. HOPE 2k6 will be another reunion of the Pittsburgh geek crowd and will be a good time. I actually managed to get some sun from being outside and all that, going to a bunch of picnics.
Monday morning we got some lunch and drove back down to Maryland so I could catch my flight to Oslo. I had never flown out of Baltimore before (DCA and IAD are closer) but my flight was significantly cheaper from there. BWI is a sorry looking airport. Its not tiny, but its not big either (Pittsburgh International is larger). Most of the airport is under some kind of renovation plan — the concourse I flew to Newark from was scheduled for renovation beginning next month.
Norway. Yes, I made it alive. Its warmer than I expected, and a ton of bugs. A few things about what I’ve seen so far: lots of natural beauty (tons of ‘green’ — trees, fields, water, etc.), quaint, and freaking expensive. Stuff costs twice as much in Norway to start with, and given a suboptimal exchange rate with the US dollar — I think I paid 4$USD for a soda today. Trysil, the area the KDE 4 Core meeting is being held, is a beautiful area. The (three hour) bus ride here was scenic (while I was awake), reminding me of a mix of Pennsylvania farmland and Canadian forestry. The sunlight does weird things here, I have a picture taken of the landscape around midnight — and it is around 0300 and the sun is getting brighter.
Tomorrow I hope to get some things with the HIG organized for discussion, there are also various library issues which need to be brought up and discussed how and when they will be fixed. I’m not as familiar with the libs, so it may take a little time to get enough background information before the actual discussion begins :)
Oh, and Germany lost to Italy — so sorry Coolo
seele :: Jul.04.2006 ::
DC Metro, General, KDE/Kubuntu ::
No Comments »