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Block Party: Transportation May 1, 2007

Posted by Trixter in Demoscene, Uncategorized.
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I drove from Chicagoland to Cleveland, OH for Block Party. Necros flew. We both arrived at the same time because of the weather. So which was cheaper?

A plane ticket, priced via priceline 2 months in advance, is about $133. My costs were $129 in gas + oil change before heading out. So I win, right?

Wrong. On the way home, I locked my keys in the car at a rest stop. Cost to have the car jimmied open? $45.

Yeah, I’ll be flying next time.

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1. andrew - May 2, 2007

actually did i mention my flight was only $119 round trip?

(then again i did spend 4 hours in midway airport due to BS air traffic control delays…)

i do recommend the flying, though, if you’re not carting around that XT next year

2. Inspired Chaos - May 3, 2007

Bah, road tripping is the way to go! Though not so much solo :(.
Oh and I’ll bet you can’t render 100 flat cubes on a PC AT in EGA! *wink*

3. Jason Scott - May 4, 2007

Technically, your flight was free! And so would have been Trixter’s.

4. Trixter - May 4, 2007

Lessons learned for next time :-)

And as for 100 flat cubes on a PC AT with EGA — piece of cake! Except I am targeting an XT with CGA. Now, can I do it? You’ll have to see next year…

5. andrew - May 4, 2007

SPEAKER TRACKER

6. andrew - May 4, 2007

(doh that was cooler with all the HTML around it)

((it’s a subliminal message))

7. Trixter - May 6, 2007

Hint taken! But remember, it’s not SPEAKER TRACKER but instead IT SINGLE CHANNEL PLAYER.

Not working on it yet, but thinking about it…

8. Brolin Empey - May 8, 2007

What car do you have? A VW New Beetle, for example, is designed to prevent the driver from being able to lock their keys in the car. I think most other new VWs are the same.

9. Trixter - May 9, 2007

This is true. Sadly I don’t own a car like that :)

10. Brolin Empey - May 10, 2007

So, what car *do* you have? :P

11. Trixter - May 10, 2007

Personally, my car is a 14-yr-old Ford Escort stationwagon. Yes, I am stylin’! But I took my wife’s minivan to/from the party because it had cruise control.