aaron

So this is New York

The Apartment I flew in to New York from Pittsburgh in the middle of the day. The public transportation system was relatively easy to figure out thanks to Google Maps, so I got on the train to Manhattan! I found my way to Al’s apartment a few blocks from Columbus Circle. I stayed here for a week Rent there is insanely expensive. It is a one-bedroom with a kitchen that was basically stuck along the...

aaron

Flirting with Pittsburgh and the G20

Sidewalk Closed I took the bus from the Pittsburgh airport to downtown, then caught a bus from downtown to Silas’ place. Of course since it was the second day of the G20, they had a big chunk of downtown completely blocked off with roadblocks and police. I’ve never seen so many different kinds of security in one place. City police, military, riot squad, private security, roadblocks,...

aaron

Failblog: Starbucks and Logan Airport

This one I just thought was mildly amusing. The screens that are supposed to tell you when the next flights are coming in are apparently Windows computers running Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer error in overhead display At the Starbucks in the Logan airport just outside the JetBlue terminal, I noticed this writing on the deli case: Just because it has no corn syrup does not make it not...

aaron

I hope they don’t mind me running my GPS on the plane

Since I’ve already been logging GPS data for quite some time, I thought it’d be interesting to log as much data during flights as possible. Of the three flights so far, I’ve been able to log data on two of them. I think it has to do with the fact I had a window seat on both flights. I’m pretty sure the plane is shielded in a way that blocks the satellite signals. I’d be...

aaron

Adventures in San Francisco

San Francisco’s BART and MUNI couldn’t be any easier to use! I had no trouble getting from the airport into the city. Once in the city, it was easy to get around as well. Burmese Salad On Tuesday night I met up with my grandma and uncle and had dinner at a Burmese restaurant. Their Burmese salad was quite good and quite strange as well. Afterwards we went to the swanky Cliff House for a...