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B-Travel – Long flights and not enough battery power…

So I will tell you I am a BIG [tag]iPod[/tag] fan and my only complaint is the [tag]battery[/tag].  Because of the battery, I’ve never really embraced the [tag]iPod video[/tag] features.  I think it’s the best thing out there for music, but not so much when it comes to video – it’s a drain and the two movies I tried to watch, went dead before it was over.

I know there are accessories with a battery extenders, but that’s kinda like putting [tag]spinners[/tag] or neon lights on the underside of your car.  The whole after market iPod add-on piece is a little much, except for the skins for protection.  To that end, I have my music in hand and am off to the airport.  Cheers!

September 21, 2007 by
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B Travel – ATL-LAS my iPod Playlist for the ride out

I’m about to embark on several days in Las Vegas and as per my norm, I have created a new playlist for the flight. I began putting every unique route I take into a playlist on my [tag]iPod[/tag], for roughly the same time it takes to fly to the destination. This one is a little over 4 hours with the following artists:

[tag]Alison Krauss & Union Station[/tag]
[tag]Blink-182[/tag]
[tag]Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band[/tag]
[tag]Bruce Hornsby[/tag]
[tag]Brute[/tag]
[tag]Col. Bruce Hampton & The Codetalkers[/tag]
[tag]Dave Matthews Band[/tag]
[tag]David Lee Roth with the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band[/tag]
[tag]Drive-By Truckers[/tag]
[tag]Drivin N Cryin[/tag]
[tag]Grateful Dead[/tag]
[tag]Green Day[/tag]
[tag]Jay Farrar[/tag]
[tag]Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons[/tag]
[tag]Matchbox Twenty[/tag]
[tag]Maura O’Connell[/tag]
[tag]Widespread Panic[/tag]

Yes, I doubled up on some songs to pad it, but that’s life. I will also need to list my [tag]Crown Room[/tag] – Short playlist. This means I have 40 minutes to wait. I’m not a rusher at the airport, but do hope to see an [tag]iPod touch[/tag] on the trip and possibly put it on my wish list.  When I get on the ground I will listen to plane crash by [tag]moe.[/tag].

September 9, 2007 by
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B Travel – A Bad City for Business – Las Vegas

So I’m on a travel rant – [tag]Las Vegas[/tag] has got to be the least productive city to ever be in. I fully understand that’s engineered that way – but when you’re a vendor AND have a real day job – Vegas sucks! I mean I like all the bright lights and crazy noises and just pacing around the casino, but that’s about it. Pace a while – back to the room.

Perhaps I should pick up gambling you say – not that excited about it. When I bet cash – it is literally – $1. I often get challenged that I’m obviously the chicken in this breakfast, rather than the Pig with that type of bet.

$1 is as real a bet as any and it’s the principle – right? The other reason I can’t gamble all night is that I will clearly have at least 1 or 2 conference calls at 5am local time, so “playing through” won’t work regardless of the O2 levels.

The coolest thing: The 5 am meeting will only be booked after you made plans to do to rock star karaoke @ the [tag]house of blues[/tag] on the fly with a prospect who loves [tag]Karaoke[/tag].

September 4, 2007 by
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The 3 Worst Airport Club Lounges

So I have had the opportunity to see a good deal of Airport clubs around the global. So here are my 3 worst, as of today.

  1. [tag]Manchester[/tag] ([tag]MAN[/tag]) [tag]United Kingdom[/tag] – The delta [tag]crown room[/tag] participating club is the weird yellow, or a least I remember it being yellow room where people are just JAMMED in, with restrooms in a shared corridor. The coffee maker was a good deal of work as well.
  2. [tag]Philadelphia International[/tag] ([tag]PHL[/tag]) United States – This before the security crown room has only 1 bathroom – it also has an early 90’s feel. You are just a new terminal away from being off the list.
  3. [tag]Frederic Chopin[/tag] ([tag]WAW[/tag]) [tag]Poland[/tag] – While a really good selection of vodka in the [tag]duty free[/tag], the club room for [tag]British Air[/tag] – SUCKED. It had a 70’s fake wall partition from like the brady bunch when I visited in 2001. It may be updated now, so I take it back if so. Business class sucked too on the flight to [tag]LHR[/tag].

I’m sure [tag]DTW[/tag]’s club would be on the list if it weren’t for the cool new [tag]McNamara terminal[/tag] – those NW lounges rock! Free wireless and a [tag]coney dog[/tag]!

What lounges do you think are deserving of a worst rating?

September 3, 2007 by
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