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[nolly]

A mailing list I'm on has been discusing the 2007 Japan Worldcon bid. They'e planning to ue a convention center in Yokohama. Some people think Yokohama is too far from Tokyo and everything else interesting to be a good location. As I ead the debate, I'm thinking "It can't be that bad; I've heard of it..." Then I realized why the name was familiar: It's the name of one of the ships which brings the colonists to Pern.
Doh.

In other news, FedEx should deliver my wireless gear this afternoon. They attempted yesterday, but I was at work, and either my neighbor wasn't home or they didn't want to leave it. So I signed the little door tag, and I should have the package tonight. Yay! Gonna be a networked geek at last!

I just hope the install goes smoothly...I don't want to drag the DSL "modem" up and down the stairs repeatedly if I can't get the Mac online. (The plan is: DSL into SMC 7004AWBR. Ethernet from router to Mac. SMC2602W card in the PC. Result: Fewer cables running across rooms. Two machines with 'net access.)

Comments

Why doh?

[delayra.livejournal.com]

Pern is good! This proves that it's educational, too!

I propose that instead of the disappointed exclamation:
Doh

You should have instead exclaimed joyfully (with exclamation marks, even):
Woo Hoo!!!

This has been your moment of Geek

Re: Why doh?

[nolly.livejournal.com]

"Doh" because I do not, in fact, know anything about the city after all. The fact that Anne named a ship after it says nothing about its appeal as a travel destination.

Actually, Yokohama's not half bad

[mdlbear]

It's the old port city where trade with the West was carried out -- some good historical areas to look at. And it's only half an hour from Tokyo (including the Akihabara "electric town" district) by train. About an hour from the airport via the Narita Express.

And did anyone mention the all-you-can-eat sushi joint?

(One of the advantages of working for a Japanese company...)

Re: Actually, Yokohama's not half bad

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Is all you can eat sushi there cheaper than all you can eat sushi here? or at least enough better to be worth paying more?

Re: Actually, Yokohama's not half bad

[mdlbear]

Much more expensive, but so is sushi by the piece -- it's at least twice what it is here. That's why the AYCE place is so attractive.

There are a couple of gotchas, though. The first is that the price depends on how long you intend to stay. The second is that if you over-order and have to take stuff home, you pay by the piece for what you haven't eaten.