WeChat ID
aaronpk_tv
#travel
-
Still getting used to walking on the right after training myself to walk on the left all last week in Australia -
I just discovered a disturbing real-world vulnerability by accident.
A couple hours after checking in to my hotel, I went back to the front desk and said "I need to add someone to my room because her flight gets in late this evening." The clerk asked my room number, and I told her and also said my name. A few seconds later, after asking me to spell the name to add, there's a new name on my room reservation. Nowhere in this process did she check my ID.
Did I accidentally socially engineer my way into adding an unrelated name onto a room reservation? -
I do appreciate that the Qantas in-flight video points out that "your flight has great coffee too"
-
Still surprised that for domestic flights in Australia you can get thru airport security without an ID or boarding pass and can get on the plane with no ID.
-
Happy Monday from Sydney! It feels like Spring out here!
No time for jet lag, gotta run to meetings all day!
-
Minor moment of panic at the ticket counter trying to get a boarding pass when they said I need a visa before I can check in to the flight to Australia.
Turns out the visa "application" process was just filling out a web form on my phone, and it was "approved" immediately. I was worried I was gonna have to wait a full business day or something but guess not!
Also kind of weird is the ticket agent just had to check a box that said I have the visa, and that person would be fined $5000 if they were wrong. Seems like not the most ideal way to enforce that but okay. -
wow I managed to get by from 11pm last night to 10am this morning thinking I was on east coast time rather than central. Thankfully my phone is smarter than me.
-
oh no it finally happened. I forgot to book a hotel for this trip and only realized when I landed at 11:30pm.
-
Finished the picture frame that shows my upcoming travel!
It shows my current location and local time, the dates of my next trip, and my departing or arriving flight information!
Let's call this v1 tho, because I need to get a better matte for the frame, not just the cheap cardboard that came with it that i tore while cutting it. I might spring for a bigger display next time too!
But overall I'm pretty happy with it!
-
I've reached the point that a day trip to the Bay Area from Portland is effectively the same as a "long commute to work". I'm also pretty sure this is still shorter than some peoples' commutes within the Bay Area.
-
Working on a little display that will sit in a picture frame and show my next upcoming flight!
Powered by a raspberry pi which parses the flights from the microformats on my website, and shows either the next upcoming trip, or if I'm currently away, shows the details of the flight home.
This e-paper display is really nice looking too!
-
Signs you might be traveling too much:
You start measuring streaks not by the number of nights away from home, but by the number of nights you spend *at* home. -
I need to start keeping track of the tail numbers of the planes I've flown in because I'm really curious how many times I've flown in the same plane.
-
The problem with airline status is by the time you get it, you've flown so much that you don't really want to fly anymore.
-
oh no not again
-
You know those airplane seatbelts with an awkward amount of padding on one side? Apparently they are airbags!
I was sitting here waiting to take off and had to look that up. The reason for using them is also fascinating.
https://stuckattheairport.com/2011/09/15/your-airplane-seatbelt-may-also-be-an-airbag/ -
Signs you might be traveling too much:
You find yourself increasingly often not knowing the answer when people ask "what city were you in last week?" -
Cannot believe it, but I made it with 15 minutes to spare, just enough time to drop my bags in my room and grab my nametag from registration!
Thanks @AirCanada for a smooth flight this morning!
#ietf105
