Lars Wilhelmsen

Continental Airlines flight CO39 from OSL to EWR that (that I happened to be on today) was delayed about 50 minutes something that started a small chain reaction; I missed my connecting flight to LAX and when I went to the rebooking desk I was told that I already was booked for the first flight tomorrow morning. My first idea was to ask that I was put on the standby list but after some rethinking I decided to go for a hotel for the night. My seat was positioned right in front of the right wing and my ears are still full of static noise from the trip (and I used silicone ear plugs most of the time…)

I got a set of vouchers for a hotel room, dinner & breakfast and was initially sent to the Holiday Inn North with a shuttle bus. But the bus driver stopped at the Sheraton hotel instead – and here I am, half a Pizza Hut pizza & a Pepsi later.

My throat hurts after all the hours breathing the dry recycled air onboard – I really hope it is better tomorrow morning…

My internal clock says that the time is 0040AM – but the clock on my computer begs to differ; it’s 0640PM here in Newark/New York (Eastern Time). I’m dead tired but I have decided to try to stay up at least a couple of more hours to start adapting to the even harsher time difference in LA; –9 hours (compared to Norway).

24 hours wireless access costs $9.99 – but it is really crappy; it is capped at 25 kB/sec I had hoped that I could fill up the hard drive with some music & movies during the night but that will have to wait.

The weather is really crappy outside so I have no intention of leaving the hotel – I Twittered with my colleague André which is in New York right now with a couple of other colleagues of mine (They’ve been to the OOPSLA conference and are on their way home). He asked me to join them for some drinks later – but I’m afraid I’m all worn out :-/

Stay tuned for on-topic stuff from PDC – I’m signing out…

PS: Some bonus self-shaming; I’ve worn my boxer shorts inside-out the whole day – hilarious