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Geek Road Trip - Philadelphia to Seattle - June 23 to July 30

Rules of Engagement

September 9, 2010 03:24 by steveandrews
It was an interesting 7,300 mile cross-country trip two months ago in that I got to observe how people drive in different areas of the country. Some areas were especially nice to drive in while other, and I’m not going to call anyone out by name, were especially bad. Each area has their own rules of... [More]
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End of the Road

August 6, 2010 10:53 by SteveAndrews
That’s it folks, I made it to Seattle! The time for me has flown by inexplicably fast; I can’t believe it’s over already and I’m half-tempted to do it again. Before I do that though I need to find a place to live out here and some work to pay for it. I also need to recover f... [More]
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Day 35: Seattle, WA

July 30, 2010 23:42 by SteveAndrews
Waahoo! I made it! And more importantly, my car made it! Today I left Portland, Oregon for the short drive north. Everything was getting me excited today: entering Washington state, seeing Mt. Rainier, seeing Seattle and other familiar sights, arriving at my brother’s house in Magnolia&hellip... [More]
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Day 34: Portland, OR

July 29, 2010 23:28 by SteveAndrews
Yesterday I left San Francisco, California and headed north. It was awesome as I finally started seeing the pine forests and snow capped peaks of the Cascades along with lower temperatures. I took some pictures, but my Nikon D70 stopped working right before entering Oregon. I shudder to think what i... [More]
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Day 32: San Francisco, CA

July 27, 2010 23:15 by SteveAndrews
This past weekend I got to spend time with my Aunt and Uncle from Phoenix at their cabin in the mountains. I also got to spend some time sans cell coverage or internet. I nearly died. It was great to spend some time together though as I don’t get to see them very often. On Sunday I headed to ... [More]
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Day 27: Phoenix, AZ

July 22, 2010 23:39 by SteveAndrews
Yesterday I left Albuquerque, NM and headed west to Phoenix, AZ. Along the way, I stopped at the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park and did the whole 29 mile driving tour. I took over 200 pictures, and it was pretty neat. Tonight I spoke at the Southeast Valley .NET User Group in Cha... [More]
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GPS Accuracy and Speed

July 21, 2010 12:55 by SteveAndrews
Someone who was watching the Location feed on this site recently asked me on Twitter why I was travelling at a speed far under the speed limit. While I’ve certainly encountered construction, bad traffic, and bad drivers on this trip, in that instance I wasn’t. Here’s why: First, G... [More]
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Day 25: Albuquerque, NM

July 20, 2010 23:38 by SteveAndrews
This morning I left Fort Collins, CO and headed due south to Albuquerque, NM. I spoke at the New Mexico .NET User Group this evening on ASP.NET MVC 2, and had the largest turnout so far at 32 people. The user group also paid for my hotel room and chauffeured me around to the event and the get-togeth... [More]
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Day 24: Fort Collins, CO

July 20, 2010 13:52 by steveandrews
Happy Music Monday everyone! To celebrate, today I learned a little bit about playing the cello from Kathleen Dollard and her son Peter. I love the sound of a cello, and being able to play one was lots of fun. I’d love to get an electric cello and run the signal through a delay. I’m so used to fret-... [More]
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Northern Colorado Weekend

July 19, 2010 12:57 by steveandrews
On Friday, after recording a Pluralcast episode with David Starr the evening before on GeekRoadTrip and GeekGive, I set off for Colorado. Before leaving Texas, I finally saw my first oil derrick, and then many more in Kansas and Colorado. Still no cowboy on a horse or tumbleweed though. Leaving Tex... [More]
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Day 20: Oklahoma City, OK

July 15, 2010 12:09 by SteveAndrews
Yesterday I left Dallas, TX for a short three and a half hour drive to Oklahoma City, OK. Along the way, I stopped at the G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park. I got to see lots of really neat animals: lions, tigers, bears (insert joke here), buffalo, donkeys, cheetahs, chimps, and the Capuchin monkey f... [More]
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DevsForWendy.com

July 11, 2010 13:07 by SteveAndrews
Many of you do not know Wendy: wife, mother, WPF developer, and agilist from New York City. She is also a cancer survivor in training. In 2009 Wendy was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma and is currently undergoing high dose chemotherapy and radiation treatments at Sloan Kettering Memorial C... [More]
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Day 15: Little Rock, AR

July 10, 2010 12:27 by steveandrews
Today I left Randy Walker’s house in Northwest Arkansas and headed down to Little Rock to speak at the user group there. It was an eventful drive with more torrential rain, an accident not involving me, and some guy wearing an old pizza hat pointing to a sign on the passenger window: “Have you seen... [More]
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Day 14: NW Arkansas TechFest

July 10, 2010 02:39 by SteveAndrews
Yesterday I did a 9+ hour drive from Keith Elder’s house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Northwest Arkansas for the TechFest today. It was a long haul, and not the last one either. The event was a good one, and I spoke on “Practical TDD with Visual Studio 2010” to approximately 20-... [More]
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Day 12: Mobile, AL

July 10, 2010 02:09 by steveandrews
Today I drove back across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to speak in Mobile at the Lower Alabama .NET User Group. The drive was uneventful, though the signs of the oil crisis in the Gulf are more and more apparent. There are billboards up on I-10 advertising legal council for oil crisis victims... [More]
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Day 9: Habitat for Humanity

July 4, 2010 10:30 by SteveAndrews
Today I worked at the DevExpress/GeekGive house for the third time. And it was work. When I arrived at the site it was amazing to see how much work Habitat for Humanity had done in the past three or so weeks. The house has come a long way since GeekGive. Exciting! Habitat said it cou... [More]
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Day 7: New Orleans, LA Weekend

July 3, 2010 10:28 by steveandrews
I woke up this morning in Tallahassee, Florida at Keith Rowe’s house. I’m super grateful to him and his wife for putting me up for the night, especially since the motels here in New Orleans East are more expensive than I had hoped. After getting an awesome home-cooked “man-omelet” (eggs, turkey saus... [More]
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Day 6: Tallahassee, FL

July 3, 2010 00:57 by SteveAndrews
Today my trip took my through the back woods of Georgia. Probably not back woods, but it felt like it at times. I did hear banjos at one point though so I drove faster. Apart from the torrential afternoon rains again, the drive was largely uneventful. That said, I did get pulled over just outside of... [More]
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Day 5: Augusta, GA

June 30, 2010 23:02 by SteveAndrews
Today I lounged around Chris Eargle’s house for most of the morning and afternoon writing emails, creating reports, and handling other logistics for GeekRoadTrip and GeekGive. I also realized that the next month of my life will revolve around these two topics. How cool is that? I’m livin... [More]
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Day 4: Columbia, SC

June 30, 2010 13:56 by SteveAndrews
Today I had a great lunch with Alan Stevens and Mike Neel before leaving Knoxville and heading south. I’m excited to see what’s in store for these great guys in the future! My trip took me through some beautiful country including the Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests. I wish I could ... [More]
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