Monday, July 03, 2006
The Big Quakecon Post
With only 30 days until the big event and even fewer than that to start planning for it, I've taken the liberty of setting up a schedule for Quakecon planning. It is open to suggestion, and is currently based around my work schedule. It involves everyone leaving CLE around 10am on August 1st, and returning around 8am August 8. I used Google Calendar to plan it because my calendar feature is broken (more like, not installed on Jo's server atm) and it looked cool. I can give other people with gmail accounts access to change stuff and add to it.DGS Quakecon Google Calendar: Click Here
Map to my place: Camden Oasis Apt 1402
Things to consider: Eclipse's Rules
I know Dan and Tim are going, as well as Tim(bro), Schultz, March, and maybe another. I suggest you guys all travel together. Even if you take separate cars, it's a big country and you guys can watch out for each other. I wish my forum was still operational, so you could organize it there, but this will have to do. Sound off in the comments for suggestions, and I will try to be on AIM and log any event changes here. Bookmark this entry!
Official Quakecon FAQ: Here
Quakecon Forums: Here
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Updated Quakecon flight info
I guessed a little high on the prices of the airplanes
Piper Seminole Twin Engine @ $210/hr
6 hours one way
$1260/3 people = $420
$1260/4 people = $315
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Cessna 172RG Cutlass @ $125/hr
7 hours one way
$889/3 people = $297
$889/4 people = $223
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Early Estimates for QuakeCon Flight
Piper Seminole Twin Engine @ $225/hr6 hours one way
$1350/3 people = $450
$1350/4 people = $337
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Cessna 172RG Cutlass @ $140/hr
7 hours one way
$980/3 people = $326
$980/4 people = $245
Very Rough Estimates. I planned it pretty conservatively as if we were going pretty slow, with a headwind or something. Both estimates include one fuel stop. Everyone would be able to sit up front at least once. If I get hired as a flight instructor, I might be able to take some of that cost off, though not sure and probably not. I know it's pretty steep, but a good tailwind would knock a lot of that price off. I'm not flying with only 1 other person. Will says he wants to fly but it's all about the dollars in the end...
Friday, December 30, 2005
LAN January 1st
Normally I post LAN stuff on the DGS site, but I thought it would get more exposure here. Normally my LANs are plagued by the lack of chairs and tables and space. Well, I bought the huge table that is in my computer room, and a set of four metal generic chairs. This should help a little bit. If there are too many people for the computer room, we can move to the living room and someone can bring a spare table or something. I want to make an interactive sign-up thing. Maybe that will be the next website project I will take up. I only make progress on those when I have some sort of paper due in school. I’m rambling on now…so in conclusion…LAN Jan 1st - 1pm - got enough chairs now! kthxbye!
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Quakecon Video Released!
The Lo-Res first version of our trip to Quakecon is available for download from our special Quakecon 2005 page located here. Even though it's lo-res, it's still a 138mb file with 320x240 video, and xvid compression. My server will probably take forever to upload it to you, so watch that page for new sources, in the next day or so. I'm going to put it on a server at KSU so you don't kill my connection at home. Rick will release his two videos in the coming weeks, so watch for those as well!