{"id":392,"date":"2006-04-21T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2006-04-21T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T20:00:32","slug":"sfo-airport-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/21\/sfo-airport-adventures","title":{"rendered":"SFO airport adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took me just under <strong>five<\/strong> minutes to signup for a <a href=\"http:\/\/hotspot.t-mobile.com\/\">T-mobile hotspot<\/a> account, so I could send my mail. Username already chosen, form resets itself. Find credit card, re-enter information. Submit. Need to fill in the expiry date (which displays fine). Form resets. Repeat. <\/p>\n<p>Funny that the immigration official today at SFO had heard of both Linux and MySQL. He&#8217;s apparently some form of online gamer, and has written a few PHP apps himself. I was, to say the least, highly impressed. <\/p>\n<p>Something I noticed as funny. All the baggage carousels had Oracle ads. Must be something Oracle related happening here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I&#8217;m still waiting for Arjen to come out. Stewart I know is already at the hotel, and JD should arrive in due time. 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