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Sunday, September 22, 2002
Carrying on 
| | Finally got more than a few hours sleep. Now I'm heading up to Digital Hollywood, where connectivity is zero, best I could tell yesterday. |
| | Which is too bad. I'd love to be able to report live from this thing. Can somebody please come through with cellular broadband? |
| | Always liked his beer, too. |
(S)Hotline
| | The first time I used Hotwire, I got a fine room at a fine hotel in San Diego for a pretty low price. |
| | The next time was yesterday, when I used Hotwire to book the next night in the Four Points Sheraton at LAX, a hotel it rated at 3.5 stars, for $55. |
| | After completing the booking, a Web page appeared saying a confirmation would be coming in "a couple of hours" or something like that. A few moments later (sent at 11:37pm) I got this note by email from travelnow.com: |
| | Thank you for your recent Hotel reservation request. A professional travel agent is completing your reservation. A reservation agent will contact you by email within 24 hours with your confirmation details. Below are your reservation request details. |
| | Next I got this (sent at 12:03am): |
| | There was an error in the system while processing your reservation. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like for us to continue with your original request. |
| | I replied affirmatively. Next I got this (sent a few seconds later at 12:03am): |
| | If you wish to proceed with this request, lease advise us of your 3 digit CID number on your credit card. |
| | I sent the number and didn't hear anything after that. |
| | I arrived at the hotel around 10pm. The desk there had never heard of me, seemed barely acquainted with Hotwire, and was mystified by Travelnow.com. At length they gave me a smoking room. It stinks, but they said it's all they had. (At this pont I'm just grateful it's not on fire.) |
| | I just picked up my email, over a 28.8kbps connection (the best we can get here). It includes this item from travelnow.com, sent at 4:54pm): |
| | I am sorry, but we are unable to make your reservation as it is for checkin tonight. Please call the hotel at ... |
| | I asked the main guy behind the reception desk what he knew about Hotwire. |
| | "Lots of problems," he said. "It's a bad idea to use them." |
That'll work
| | DAMASCUS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Syrian groups opposed to a U.S. attack on Iraq urged their countrymen on Tuesday to boycott American cigarettes, saying Arab people would not stand silent in the face of any U.S. military action. |
Meta cool
| | Still beta, but already terrific. |
But lots of cool looking folks wearing black
| | Biggest take-away from Digital Hollywood so far: almost no laptops. At one point the room was full and mine was the only laptop in the room. No wonder there's almost no connectivity at the show. What would be the point? |
| | Still, it's actually a very good show, with some very interesting debates on several panels. More about all that later (if I can find the bandwidth), after I get some sleep. |
Mmm good
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