update

[desh]

In Minneapolis. Was supposed to arrive 8pm last night local time. Instead arrived 12:45am. Listened to the last 3 innings of the game on AM radio at 30,000 feet, which was awesome. (Didn't know if that was legal or not. Everything kept talking about "approved electronic devices" without defining it, so I figured that anything that doesn't transmit is cool. Later research indicates that I was wrong. Oh well.) Slept, and now have an hour to kill. May take photos of the Mississippi River, a shoe tree, and at the Sherlock Holmes rare book exhibit at the library. It's almost 60 degrees out. Not at work now. And quite happy to be here. Happy weekend, y'all.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder why you can use GPS receivers but not AM/FM radios. I'm also curious how a GPS receiver will operate 30,000+ ft in the air.

How far into your flight did you have reception? I wonder if the height helped or hurt reception.

[desh]

I guess we could do the math. Takeoff was 10:30 EDT, and I was still able to listen to either the Phils' or Yanks' home stations when the game ended. (Sometimes one would go out of reception for a bit and I'd switch to the other.) By the end, some other city's ESPN radio was better. I must've been at least in Ohio by then, if not farther? The height only could've helped.

[richardf8]

How long will you be in MPLS?

[desh]

Gone now, sorry.

[curlybopbop.livejournal.com]

So... How was Minneapolis?

[desh]

Excellent, thanks. (-: