{"id":695,"date":"2008-01-15T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/15\/at-the-acm"},"modified":"2008-01-15T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T18:36:19","slug":"at-the-acm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/15\/at-the-acm","title":{"rendered":"At the ACM"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Hmm. I’ve spent about 31 hours in flight and in transit, to get to Orlando, Florida. Good news is that I’ve arrived, all safe and dandy.<\/p>\n

Singapore Airlines is now flying the A340-500 to Los Angeles or San Francisco, from Singapore. Its truly got to be the best plane for long haul flights. Notice that you get direct<\/b> flights to America? No more transiting in Narita. I was given a seat in Executive Economy Class (I wonder why? Maybe its because of my collected miles\/status, as it used to and still does happen on United, a Star Alliance partner). What’s cool there? Power<\/b>. Yes, nice, in-flight power, suitable for devices that support 110V (read: all modern laptop PSUs).<\/p>\n

Food was great (new menus), and I tried the much recommended Singapore Sling<\/a>, and realised that it tastes pretty darn good. Highly recommended if you’re on Singapore Airlines anytime soon. Oh immigration – long queues at LAX as usual, however, they’re still taking 2 fingerprints, as opposed to 10. Odd?<\/p>\n

United was acceptable<\/i> as usual. No personal video screens, no power, but at least its those nicer\/larger Economy Plus seats. I sincerely think that the best Star Alliance airline has got to be Singapore Air (trust me, Lufthansa doesn’t come close).<\/p>\n

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Arrived in Orlando, the pick-up was ready, and check-in was quick. As I was about to head to my room, I bumped into Kaj<\/a>, and decided that I’d join him for registration and breakfast. Got to meet quite a few new hires, though we mostly ended up talking to Marten and Monty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After breakfast, I bumped into Giuseppe<\/a> and Trudy. Was good to see Giuseppe and catch up (I’m sure we’ll be doing a lot more of that this month). At this point I was getting tired, and my legs were aching. Found my room (very nice, pictures on Flickr of course), tried to nap, failed, and visited the Mandara Spa. Had a quick massage, a good shower, and now I think I’m ready to rest. No, I think I’ll go get some sun in first. This jet lag thing-magic can be beaten!<\/p>\n

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