Travel Log

Sign, signs, can’t you read the Signs?

June 15, 2009
Sign, signs, can’t you read the Signs?

Thanks Jeff, now I cannot get the song outta my head!  A few sign photos from a short but dam fun trip to Hoover Dam. . ——– . ——– . ——–
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Pizza fears TonyO

June 15, 2009
Pizza fears TonyO

Tony’s Pizza fears Tony Overman.  At least that’s what it told me.  —— Great Pizza from Tony’s Pizza.  More on it later… —— The NPPA Convergence has concluded and I am preparing to get on United something-or-other way too early Monday morning.  I hope to put a gallery through the nppa live flickr site and on this...
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Whale tale retold

June 12, 2009

On day two?  Hmmm, I’m not sure what day during the conference that I told showed the story of the exploding whale by Paul Linmman at KATU television.  It was a fun moment to catch their reactions on video…  Watch the original story they saw on the iPhone, then watch their reactions.  Enjoy. — —- And the...
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Convergence arrival and the board meeting

June 9, 2009
Convergence arrival and the board meeting

This morning was far too early leaving from Colorado, but it was worth it.  As soon as I touched down I talked with Russ who was getting ready for the executive meeting.  Took a quick, crazy shuttle to the Flamingo and found my way to the board room.  More later. Bob Carey just debuted the...
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More than two miles up?!?!

June 8, 2009
More than two miles up?!?!

Today we went on a short trip from Ft. Collins to Estes Park then into the Rocky Mountain National Park.  We went up what’s known around Colorado as the ‘Highest Road in America‘ then made the relatively short climb to the top of a peak above the road.  As soon as we started our...
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Wii eat cake — for breakfast

June 8, 2009
Wii eat cake — for breakfast

So if you are wondering what’s going on with this industry blog of mine, well these last posts are the beginning of my travel log to the NPPA Convergence in Las Vegas.  I decided to take a slight detour through Colorado because I was asked to arrive in Vegas on Tuesday instead of Monday. ...
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Rocky mountain high arrival

June 7, 2009

Nathan picks me up and I’m beat.  Plan to post more on this later.  The video is kinda interesting since he thought I was shooting stills and there’s a lot of car noise that the camera cuts through really well.   Oh, the playable version (in this window is pretty flash-mashed thanks to blip.tv.  To...
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Up, up and arriving at dark

June 7, 2009
Up, up and arriving at dark

So made it onto the plane and was fortunate that the cloudy day was, well, not so cloudy for the summit of Mount Rainier.  I’m still figuring out this new pocket camera so I plan to try and run it through the paces. — Pretty nice looking terminal at night.  Those Denver folks are lucky. — The time...
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SeaTac has better food for ticketholders

June 7, 2009
SeaTac has better food for ticketholders

It’s been a while since I stepped into SeaTac airport, but I took serious note of the food option difference between ‘having a plane ticket’ and ‘not having a ticket’.  If you are privileged enough to have a ticket, there are places that have really good food, whereas not having a ticket gets you...
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Packing up for Las Vegas

June 6, 2009
Packing up for Las Vegas

A lot of cables, camera stuff and just about anything I might need to live stream from Las Vegas for the 2009 NPPA national convention Convergence 09. – A screengrab of editing this post for my cousin Mark who I am skyping with from SeaTac while waiting for my plane.   He was curious how I...
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