Nice since i was there by the real Bean recently. A 360 x 180 degrees Panorama of the The Bean in Chicago and the area around it for the Second Life game. Game runs now but very low fps.
Taken from these guys
Not when i was there!
The National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP), based in Vallejo, California, has investigated that November 7 incident allegedly involving an unidentified aerial object that violated controlled airspace at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
As viewed by airline and airport employees at O’Hare, the object was round and revolving, gray in color and metallic. It hovered at an altitude less than 1,900 feet above ground level.
“The identity of the UAP [unidentified aerial phenomenon] remains unknown,” notes the over 100 page NARCAP report.
The group has called for an official government inquiry into the matter, noting that their analysis suggests that a “significant air safety problem existed at O’Hare International Airport” given the UAP incident. The NARCAP assessment of the sighting states further inquiry should be carried out “to evaluate whether or not current sensing technologies are adequate to insure against a future incident such as this.”
The report in its entirety can be viewed at www.NARCAP.org
Here is some footage i made when i was in Chicago June 21st to June 28th. Not my best movie ever. It gives some of an impression though. Most was shot on one day except the driving part.
The End credits will probably don't mean a thing for most. It was merely meant for a few insiders :P
This is a nice one to combine with something i hadn't shown yet:
1. Faces from around the world are projected onto the Sydney Opera House as part of the "Make Poverty History" campaign.
2. A fountain near Millennium Square, Chicago, IL. There are actually 2 of these facing each other. They project a few times an hour faces on it. These faces are animated. Ultimately you get picture 3. at which point the mouth sprays another burst of water for awhile. The children were quite happy with that!
The movie below is not my own btw!
So there we are. Exactly 24 hours from door to door. After using the internet in Houston i took 2 coffees at Starbucks. One was a delicious White Chocolate Mocca. They knew how to get it right! We left Houston an hour late. The thunderstorms earlier in that day had put everything behind schedule. Flight itself was calm with barely turbulence. No interesting people around me this time! Boring! But listened to some nice Latino music while playing a game.We landed also later than scheduled. The luggage took a long time. In the meantime weather is absolutely blah! It took us more than twice the time to get to the house because of traffic. Seems the southern part of the country got it's holidays. So it was a mess. Not something you are waiting for after such a long day. Then at home had to see the wireless working. Which now works. Seems to be a 20Mbit line which is extremely fast! Let's hope it's reliable!
Had already 5 job offers in the mail but 4 were the same! Didn't look interesting though and bit awkward to get to without a car. But I'm surprised how many offers i've had already. Two from abroad even!
All good things come in 7. Well, not all! Travel day as said. Out in about an hour. Weather looks cloudy. Maybe some bumps when taking off. Houston i have no idea about yet. Good i have 4 hours of transfer time again. And i know where to go this time.
I hate leaving places!
Update later in the day probably. If not cya on Friday! I'm repeating myself from yesterday! Maybe that's because the coffee didn't sink in yet.
Typing this outside on the porch. Lovely evening. And the last here. Airplanes are flying all over the place. Will see enough airplane into Friday. Yeah, will miss it here but it's time to move on again to the next phase. The good thing is that it never gets boring this way. And i assure you i will not allow it to get bored. I'm surely not the same as the last time i left the Netherlands last March. Much has changed since then. And surely it won't be the last time i travel. Next trip? We will see!
Tomorrow will short check email and then find the spot in Houston again i used when i got here. Maybe will do a quick update from there. And if not it'll be Friday somewhere. But times will change as well because suddenly I'll be 7 hours ahead of my current location and 5 hours ahead of Buenos Aires. Who cares! :)
Last full day already. A week since i left BA. Time flies! And tomorrow Tim flies! :P Tim flies when you are having fun! That's not good for me! Staying in in the morning here. Do some internet stuff. Check a bit of the suitcase in advance. For the rest will see.
Regarding pics and movies. Since the pictures since i posted i barely made ones actually. There is some movie and pics but they still need to be processed and uploaded to YouTube which i don't want to do here. That will be after the Friday then. If i get the chance. It seems the weather is worse than here in the Netherlands. For Friday chances are rain and temperatures of 16 max in Celsius. that's almost a warm winter day in BA!
We did make that pool. Possibly the last outing. Only one day to go here. Plans for tomorrow unknown. All are to bed now. Will see in the morning what to do.
Thunderstorm and network probs today. But got 2 sites done for work. Enormous amount you have to fill in and choose. Was enough for today.
Now is dry. Tonight probably pool.
Another hot day. Temp is 83 F (what's that in Celsius?) and humidity 90%. That feels kinda sticky. Early evening and tomorrow probable thunderstorms. Thursday, the flying day should be cooler and good.
So what have i done so far. I'm busy applying to websites. So that means making profiles and filling in CV's etc. take quite a lot of time. I'm not looking just in Holanda. I'm applying to European sites as well. We will see!
In case you ask: Is this your idea of vacation? Uhhhmm nope! But what's done is done. Saves me work next week.
We went to a bar close by. the evening was great. Very nice temperature.
On Tuesday. Enrica has another job interview so i can nicely work on my own job searching. After that We'll see. Depends on time and stuff. Playing pool one more time would be great!
Very hot and humid today. We went out for lunch. Had French toast on a plate with sauce of chocolate and on tot some fruit in Sabayon. And some other stuff on it as well. It looked more like a dessert actually. With it a glass of Malbec Roble from Argentina. A habit i will not break. There wines are just excellent. After lunch we tried the zoo. Parking was 14$ so we tried to find a spot for free which didn't work. So we went back. And i'm cooking! Will be tilapia with blue cheese sauce and salad of cucumber and mini tomatoes. And with some rice added. Tonight we may go for a drink. That is if people haven't died on my food!!!
Days starts of nice. Sunny with 23 Celsius. One here is working, the other had an appointment so is out for awhile. Gives me a good opportunity to check some online work sites and subscribe. Will have to do that next week anyway. What can be done now is gained.
We stay in this evening. All a bit tired and it's good to have a time out. And it's relaxed too! Doing some pc, talking, having a beer, pc, talking, having a beer, pc, talking, ........ ????
Warmer today. Went out to a bar. Again? Yes, again! Bars are never boring :) It's now just after 6. Took a shower and some naps are being taken. No idea what follows after. We will see. Always a surprise here!
To end the day we went not too far away to a bar to play pool. Had been awhile for me! Was real fun :) Met some other folks as well. More like a mini United Nations session. We had Italy, Greece, Canada, Japan, India and the Netherlands playing pool. Maybe something for the real United Nations?
Was always interested in trying Starbucks once. Well i got my chance yesterday and you know what? It sucks! Asked for 2 small cappuccino and ended up with one small cappuccino and one what tasted like warm chocolate milk????
We took it lazy in the morning. Weather is not that good actually. We went short to a botanical garden. And now we are figuring out the evening. We want to go play pool but the roommate needs the car too so they are settling that somehow. Haven't made any pictures yet today. Forgot to bring the cam to the garden.
Here is one picture from yesterday. This is taken from the area around Millennium Park. Quite different than BA right?
