Thanks to one of my old room/team mates I was up at 7:30am today. My girlfriend, Becky, was arriving during the day and I purposely left Skype open and my speakers on so she could call my office number (SkypeIn) if there was an issue. So when I was woken up by the phone ringing on my machine I thought there was a problem with her flight. I managed to make it to the laptop and saw an unknown 917 number. After some sleuthing it turns out my buddy was calling from Florida before one his exams…thanks Elliot. At least I was able to turn it into a positive.
So since I haven’t woken up before 9 since I got here I thought it was a great opportunity to get some work done before Becky arrived. After brushing up on some Javascript I continued my exploration into Rails. I’m still just scratching the surface of the framework but I am starting to see why this is used for “agile application development”. Ok enough geek-ness for the day.
Becky arrived on time but had to wait the typical 30 minutes or so for her bag. It’s one of the smallest airports I’ve ever been to but still the speed at which you can get your bags is still an issue. There is a lot of money in the airline industry and I’m curious as to why they haven’t found a quicker way to get it done. They have made checking in a breeze. Delta has mobile check-in now where they email your internet-enabled phone your boarding passes and they can actually scan your phone for the data. Pretty crazy stuff.
Gonna keep this post short. It’s late here and I need to get bed before 2 one of these days. I got caught fixing some Javascript stuff and the next thing I noticed it was 1:15am. So I threw in a little time lapse video I posted on Viddler for you all to see above. That last bit is me going after the dead eel I found on the beach.
Mr Lizard
I didn’t get to the beach until about 1 because of some work that needed to be caught up on. On my way down I finally saw a big iguana that didn’t run away. I took a few shots of it and then decided I would take it with me to the beach. Little guys are surprisingly fast and I had no chance catching him.
I made it to the beach and got into my usual routine of reading. I was playing around with my camera and noticed something…timelapse video. I thought why not and set it on a nearby rock. Obviously nothing too interesting was going on but hopefully I can set that up for an incoming storm and get some cool clouds rolling in.
While on the beach I made a new friend after he discovered the dead eel near me while running. Alberto Mendez. He was a Costa Rican that wanted to practice his English. I said sure and he can help with my Spanish. We talked about the new drinking and driving laws and how our economy is affecting them down there.
Hi everyone. I attempted a video post today but I don’t think the microphone on my tablet works well enough for the audio to come through. Either way maybe tomorrow I will do a quick 30 second hello to everyone and show off my mean tan/burn. If anyone wants me to write about anything here let me know via the comments or an email.
Biggest sailboat I've ever seen
Today was pretty boring actually. I went to the beach and found my reading log. I just sat around and read my books all afternoon. The Knack by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham is quickly becoming one of my favorite entrepreneur books. Right now it is neck and neck with the 4 Hour Work Week. It’s not so much a how-to manual about running a business but it has many small case-studies (a couples pages max) about mistakes small businesses may make and how they can be easily remedied or even prevented. Even though officially I am a company of one, I do manage a few other people and I have learned a tremendous amount from this book that applies to everything from accounting to the hiring process (which I haven’t done officially). It’s neat to know what the numbers of your company can actually mean.
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