Posted by Jeff on Aug 28, 2010 in
Travel Back in Mill Valley again. While I’ve been back a couple times for brief visits, today’s visit is the first when I’m expecting to catch up with old friends.
Of course, as is probably not unexpected, I’ve arrived at Boyle Park at the appointed time and no one is here yet. But I guess some things never change.
Had breakfast downtown at a place called Toast with Rebecca. She is my contact at Common Sense Media and just happens to live in MV a few blocks from my old home. Had a nice omelet with salsa and avocado. Yum… Not something you’d find in Maine really.
A lot is the same here and other things have changed. Mt. Tam looks the same. Beautiful as always. Tam HS has a lot of new construction including an all-weather track. It has a nice big sign
“Bruce Grant Track” a well deserved honor for Mr. Grant. I looked him up online and it appears he’s still in Corte
Madera. I’m debating if I should give him a call…
Tags: Mill Valley, Tam, Travel
Posted by Jeff on Mar 16, 2010 in
food Waiting for our table at the Kona cafe. This place is a Zoo of Humanity! Nathan found a hat in the gift shop.
Tags: Disney, Travel
Posted by Jeff on Mar 16, 2010 in
Travel We’ve arrived in Orlando. We’re
Waiting for the Disney bus now. At least they hbe to foresight to mount a big TV so the kids cam watch. Of course, they are showing ads for Disney movies…but at they also added in some environmental ads too…plant a tree, clean the beach, etc.
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Posted by Jeff on Mar 16, 2010 in
Travel We’re off to Disney World! We board in a half hour if all goes well, so in the meantime it’s airport school time. I’m watching the kids work on very 19th century math worksheets…pencils in hand. I’ve got two laptops and an iPhone, an iPod nano and an iPod video with me. I’m sure there’s a better source of math education available to us, but for now, I guess I’ll just have to wait until elementary education joins the “personal digital device” bandwagon.
There are a lot of kids flying today, some wearing Disney t-shirts. I bet we’re all headed in the same direction.
Peter works on his math homework
Nathan and Deanna work on more math homework
More random thoughts…I searched the app store this morning, and I was surprised that Disney has not released an app for DisneyWorld and their other parks. There are some retail 3rd-party apps, but nothing from Disney. I picked up one of them, and we’ll see if it is helpful.
Reminds me of when I was in school and there was talk of a math/physics curriculum based on theme parks. How much fun would it be to take an iPhone with the accelerometer in it with an app that could record data while zooming around on a roller coaster? Do some geo-caching, etc. I remember my first trip to Epcot when I was a teenager, and there was a computer that had a touch screen. You got to pick different roller coaster elements like a hill, curves, loops, and string them together, then it would play an animation of you riding the roller coaster you designed. It had a gopher or beaver that talked to you on the screen if you choose elements that shouldn’t go one after the other. It was the first time I had ever used a touch screen. How things change!
Next stop, Philadelphia airport!
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Posted by Jeff on Nov 7, 2009 in
Travel,
food So to say this is a long flight is an understatement. I remember the flight to Australia was better because I flew through my night, so I slept. It’s 7:15 pm EST but I’m not tired. Not quite halfway there yet, and we’re supposed to land a little after 4 pm local time. No point in sleeping really.
I did play 18 holes of golf here in Alaska. Had a lousy 4th and 13th. Typical me putting from one side of the green to the other. But overall a good day on the course. A lot of bogeys and a couple pars! Yea, I know it was just video golf on the back of the chair in front of me.
I’ve also watched the new Harry Potter film and a SciFi movie that should have gone right to DVD — which I’m betting it did.
They fed us early and I expect they’ll feed us again late. Rice and mixed veges with “Hot Korean Paste”. Not bad really. The paste came in a toothpaste-like tube. I was looking at it because it was odd to see food served like that so the stewardess explained to me how to eat the food. I think I would have figured it out, thank you 
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