Is this the digital age or what? I’m in the Miami airport right now; i snapped that pic and had it on my blog in 5 minutes. Well, actually, i had to look around a LOT to finally find out how to access the wi-fi here. You first have to access the intranet wich is free, and tells you all flight info and stuff. The you have to go to a link and you can buy internet acces at $10 for 24 hours (or $5 for 30 mins - hmm… wich one should i pick…), BUT, it only works in Safari (and i’m guessing IE on pc). Once you’re in, you can use any browser you want.
The flight from Buenos Aires was fine. It rained pretty hard on the way to the airport, but once it stopped the sky cleared up a bit. I got there a tad over 3 hours in advance, like they tell you to, expecting to find lots and lots of people. And lots and lots of people there were… but on other flights. The line on my airline counter was empty. Took me about 5 minutes to check in - now i had 3 hours of waiting ahead of me. And yet after waiting 3 hours, i ended up running across the airport. How, you ask? Well, a friend of mine had reminded me to declare all my stuff at customs, because they don’t remind you. I went to my gate at the time i was told, only to have the lady there tell me i had to go right next to the counter i was at 3 hours ago to declare my stuff. So i run all the way there, took out the laptop, grabbed everything quickly (computer in hand, and with my backpack all messy) and run back to the gate. How fun.
One thing i was worried about was entering the US. You hear all kind of horror stories about people being interrogated by airport security or even being denied entry. None of that happened. The people at the MIA airport were mostly really friendly and helpful. I went through immigration in about 2 minutes, even faster than a US citizen ahead of me. The bags x-ray took like 30 seconds. Overall, i spent more time figuring what i had to do than doing it.
So about 3 hours more to go, then i’ll be on my way to Montreal! More pics to come, as soon as i get settled there.
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1 day to go for the trip! Woo-friggin-hoo!! I’ll be leaving stuff like this behind:
(that, for those of you more farenheit inclined, is 93 - feels like 106).
I stil have a bunch of stuff to get done. I’m not sure how much computer time i’ll get before i leave tomorrow (probably some tonight), but i’ll definetly try to get online at the Miami airport and report a bit more on how the trip started.
Canada, here i come, eh?
I know i have to loose some weight, but there are better ways to say some things, sheesh. (heh, i’m not overweight, i’m just dumb! It clearly says Tap to start, wich i didn’t do)
By the way, 4 days to go for the trip! Busy days, getting things ready to leave and finishing some work. I’ll be posting more once i’m done.
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Soft Asylum, from the upcoming album, Strangelet. It’s up to listen on Grant’s myspace page (by the way, guess who started that page, ahem…)
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Someone found my blog doing a google search for “8 hours to wait at Miami Airport”. Whoever it was, if you’re reading drop me a note! Maybe we can have someone to hang out with for those damn 8 hours. *grin*
It’s been only a few days since i made the switch to the Mac platform. I’m doing pretty well; i’m having more trouble adapting to the new keyboard (not a mac-PC thing; the key layout is slightly different to the one on my old computer) than adapting to OS X. With the help from a bunch of mac users i’m now surfing around OS X like if my first computer had been an Apple II (fyi: it was a Commodore 64).
I couldn’t help thinking why is it that some people, specially designers, rave about Macs so much. It’s not about the ease of use - my mom, for example, has no trouble with Windows, but if she had to use OS X now she’d find it pretty confusing. It’s just a matter of what you’re used to. It’s not that they’re more capable either. Millions of people use PC’s for proffesional work and they do pretty well. There is nothing magical about Macs that would make you more productive; if you can’t do it on a PC, you won’t do it on a Mac.
So what is it then? In my opinion, it’s just one simple thing. Macs are pretty.
Hold on, my brother just got sick from hearing that.
Ok, back. But i’m serious. Think of it, what’s the job of a designer? Making things look pretty. They (i’m focusing on designers but it applies for all mac users) like pretty things. They like to buy pretty things and they like to use pretty things. And a shiny silver or white Mac with a glowing logo on the top is much more attractive to them than a dull black HP (or Dell, or Toshiba, or any other PC). And while Windows XP is not (very) dull looking as the outside of some PCs, Mac OS X has silly little features that make the detail-obsessed designer happy. Like the fact that when you remove a program from the Dock, it actually explodes - “boom” sound included. Or how a window will squeeze in and out of the dock when you minimize/maximize it.
It’s just a matter of form vs function. Some could say there are other OS’s there that work as well, but Apple is not only taking care of the function, they’re also paying attention to the form. And for that, they got me.
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But you canadians still get a chance to get rid of Harper in Jan, right? (just trying to make sense of this mess here) 
