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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2004-03-17 09:20 pm

Going forth (update #4)

Woke up at 8-ish this morning. Lilian finally made it to sleep, so I left her to it and read LJ/updated. Ate banana on toast. How rock'n'roll am I?

Lilian woke up at 12:20, which was lucky, as I was going to wake her at 12:30 so that we could head off at 12:45 when [livejournal.com profile] spikeiowa arrived. Which she duly did, a mere 5 minutes early.

When our loins were girded and our tea was drunk we headed in the direction of the Museum o Computer History, where we were fully entertained for a couple of hours by a guide who clearly knew his business, liked computers and used to work for IBM. They had everything from abacuses to a chunk of ENIAC to a Cray 1 (which Lilian got a photo of me with). It was fantastic, and I highly recomennd that anyone visiting SF give it a look.

Afterwards we headed to Target, where I bought sandals, then Frys, where I got a USB cable for my Palm and Lilian bought a new camera, then to a mexican restaurant for dinner (nice, but I was able to eat about half, as I was stuffed). Lilian and Spike gave me a good briefing on what to expect at Corflu in Vegas this weekend. It sounds like the convention bit will be fun, although we both intend to spend a fair amount of time lounging by the pool and investigating ridiculous ongoings on The Strip. Las Vegas is possibly the most fake place on the planet, something I intend to explore fully, to get all the fake out of my system if I possibly can.

And now home, feeling rather exhausted but happy. Not sure about updates/email for the next few days - it depends on the internet access in Vegas.

[livejournal.com profile] catamorphism - we touch down at 6:30 on Tuesday. We'll be over ASAP after that. Looking forward to meeting you then.