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Sep. 4th, 2008 05:26 pmWent out for dinner last night with my only enduring friend from ECU. No, seriously. I can't remember the names of most of the people in my degree, let alone keep in touch with them. Most of them were mature students and doing the degree only a few units at a time, so I barely got to know them. This one is also a family friend of Elizabeths, because, you know, Perth.
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Some of you may need reminding of how much of a nerd I am. Probably not, but tough cheddar.
So today, having seen many of Sydney's sights, I decided to do some plane spotting (nerd level at 80% and rising). Many people would just go to the viewing deck at the airport (nerd level at 85% and rising, he knows there's a viewing deck). But it's not the best via in the house. I went to "The Beach" (spot E on that diagram) (nerd level at 90% and rising.. he went web searching to find out the best place to spot at Sydney Airport). Getting there via public transport was kind of an adventure. But I'd pre-programmed my GPS with the co-ordinates, so once the bus got within 500m in Sydney suburbia, I got off and walked the rest of the way (95%! I canna hold it much longer captain!)
It was a good view, but you had to listen for the engines, since the places you could get a good shot from were different to where you could get a good view of the runway (thanks 2.5m fence!). The security people are obviously used to people spotting from the location I was at, since they just waved when they made their regular patrols. I met some other anoraks (ok, seriously, they weren't that bad), and upon realising that my batteries in the camera were flat, they offered me a lift to the shops down the road to buy more. I mean, sure, mum always said don't take lifts with strangers, but c'mon, this was 3 x 50-something women and one guy of similar vintage in a Holden Astra, and I'm pushing 30 these days.. So I got some more batteries, had some lunch at a conveniently located Nandos, and made it back to a slightly different location (on the south groin of spot E) in time for the 3:25 SQ222 to Singapore, as flown with an A380.
How did I know that was then? Because, mes amis, I brought my laptop and a 3G wireless modem, to check the Sydney Airport Website for flight details (Oh god! Nerdiness at 110% cap'an! The engine's gonna blow!).
The south groin of The Beach is a great spot, but the wind was.. very very cold. As previously mentioned, Three's 3G service counts uploads, so I am only uploading a photo proving my nerdiness, and a photo of the A380 for now. Oh, and wow are the A380s quiet. I mean, seriously, very very quiet. The residents of Sydney would be pleased.
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Tomorrow night, meeting up with a friend from WWDC07 in Glebe for tasty vegetarian foods. She doesn't work for Apple any more (Yahoo!7 these days), but we're meeting at the NextByte store, for geek measure. During the day tomorrow? Dunno yet.
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Some of you may need reminding of how much of a nerd I am. Probably not, but tough cheddar.
So today, having seen many of Sydney's sights, I decided to do some plane spotting (nerd level at 80% and rising). Many people would just go to the viewing deck at the airport (nerd level at 85% and rising, he knows there's a viewing deck). But it's not the best via in the house. I went to "The Beach" (spot E on that diagram) (nerd level at 90% and rising.. he went web searching to find out the best place to spot at Sydney Airport). Getting there via public transport was kind of an adventure. But I'd pre-programmed my GPS with the co-ordinates, so once the bus got within 500m in Sydney suburbia, I got off and walked the rest of the way (95%! I canna hold it much longer captain!)
It was a good view, but you had to listen for the engines, since the places you could get a good shot from were different to where you could get a good view of the runway (thanks 2.5m fence!). The security people are obviously used to people spotting from the location I was at, since they just waved when they made their regular patrols. I met some other anoraks (ok, seriously, they weren't that bad), and upon realising that my batteries in the camera were flat, they offered me a lift to the shops down the road to buy more. I mean, sure, mum always said don't take lifts with strangers, but c'mon, this was 3 x 50-something women and one guy of similar vintage in a Holden Astra, and I'm pushing 30 these days.. So I got some more batteries, had some lunch at a conveniently located Nandos, and made it back to a slightly different location (on the south groin of spot E) in time for the 3:25 SQ222 to Singapore, as flown with an A380.
How did I know that was then? Because, mes amis, I brought my laptop and a 3G wireless modem, to check the Sydney Airport Website for flight details (Oh god! Nerdiness at 110% cap'an! The engine's gonna blow!).
The south groin of The Beach is a great spot, but the wind was.. very very cold. As previously mentioned, Three's 3G service counts uploads, so I am only uploading a photo proving my nerdiness, and a photo of the A380 for now. Oh, and wow are the A380s quiet. I mean, seriously, very very quiet. The residents of Sydney would be pleased.
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Tomorrow night, meeting up with a friend from WWDC07 in Glebe for tasty vegetarian foods. She doesn't work for Apple any more (Yahoo!7 these days), but we're meeting at the NextByte store, for geek measure. During the day tomorrow? Dunno yet.
