You might if you can keep from killing each other. Welcome to Cali.
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
We like road trips. I took Patrick through seven states when he was three months old and he's been a great passenger ever since.
Joseph A. di Paolantonio
· 3 years ago
I drove from Half Moon Bay to Seattle in one day [way back in '85 to do a bike trip through the San Juan Islands]. It was a VERY LONG day.
Of course, the later you arrive here, the easier your drive around the Edge of the Known World, as you bypass the great Cabrillo cul-de-sac. ;-)
Have a great trip. We'll have to get together one day at Cafe de Luca in Montara [no traffic going north on 1 for you] - they have great espresso AND free WiFi. :-D
Joseph A. di Paolantonio
· 3 years ago
A correction: Cafe Lucca, not de Luca - but then, I remember best from the 15 or so years it was A Coastal Affair. :-P And it is one in the morning.
Jeff Clavier
· 3 years ago
Drive safely, and avoid rush hour to get into Half Moon Bay. It was an absolute killer this afternoon.
John Dodds
· 3 years ago
More likely the first subscription figure was wrong (understated) and the increased activity led to a reassessment - asa neophyte blogger I find the whole measurement side to be wholly inconsistent.
Steven Ickman
· 3 years ago
I just drove from Seattle to San Diego for the 4th and it took me 2 days down 3 days back. We took 101 up the Oregon coast on the way back and it was an awesome drive. I hope you had better luck with the traffic between Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia then I did. It took me almost 3 hours to go 50 miles...
-Steve
Torley Linden
· 3 years ago
Congrats Robert! You are such a hero to me and seeing your blog continue to grow inspires me to no end. :) It's not easy to make Times New Roman look amazing in these "Web 2.0" days (or end of days?), but you do it!
Jeff
· 3 years ago
Sorry. Add one more I visit everyday but don't have a reader. I gues I'll go to Mozilla and get an add-on now. 26,548.
Safe travels to you and yours.
Thomas
· 3 years ago
We used to drive down to Fremont, CA to visit family for the holidays and it usually took us 14-15 hours from Issaquah, and that was with only going through the drive-thru at a McDonalds in Grant's Pass for lunch.
It's a trek, but a beautiful drive, especially through parts of southern Oregon and Northern Cali.
If you like road-trips, it's a good one.
And a quick recommendation: instead of taking I-5 through Sacramento to get onto I-80 West, get off I-5 at I-505 south and take that to I-80 and avoid the traffic in Sacramento. It can shave an hour off the drive...
Kasper Retvig
· 3 years ago
Ok Robert remember to let Maryam drive the BMW - after all it is supposed to be hers ;-)
Vele
· 3 years ago
You can do it, Robert! My wife and I did it last summer on our Philly to Microsoft cross-country move. It took us 13 hours from Redwood City to Seattle with some interesting trip info here:
If you don't need to, I'd suggest a few stops along the way: Columbia River around Portland; Crater Lake in southern Oregon; wine country in Oregon; Mount Shasta in northern CA; Napa, Sonoma tour if once you get close to the Bay Area.
Mike
· 3 years ago
By the way, this weblog has become 20x more interesting since you left microsoft.
Karim
· 3 years ago
Soooo... on the Internet, "more traffic" is good, but on the Interstate, "more traffic" is bad?
Dan
· 3 years ago
Robert, First, sorry to see you leaving MS, you were a big part of my decision to accept an evangelist position here. Second, being I am from CA, I make the drive from Seattle to SF every year to visit family. When I am by myself and only stop for gas, it takes 12 hrs. With the family it takes 15-16. I suggest leaving at 6am, that way you will miss all of the traffic in Portland and then later in the day you'll miss the Bay Area traffic. I suggest taking i-5 all the way to just north of Sacramento and then taking 505 to I-80. Thats the fastest way. Not a ton to see between Redding and Sac but the rest of the drive is beautiful.
Rob Fahrni
· 3 years ago
I love the roadtrip from Seattle to California. We used to do it at least twice a year when we lived in the Seattle area. It's doable in one day, especially if you're only driving to the bay area, but I wouldn't recommend it. We used to split it over two days. We'd stay in Grants Pass, Oregon, at the end of day one. I miss those trips.
Enjoy!
Jason Black
· 3 years ago
You might, but it'll be a hell of a long day.
I once drove non-stop from Big Sur to Redmond (well, not counting gas and short rest-stop breaks). Took me fifteen hours, and I drove at speeds that you probably don't want to offer as role-model driving for your son. It was almost exactly 1000 miles. You do the math.
orcmid
· 3 years ago
If you do the interstate, you can get it done in two pleasant days the way Rob Fahrni describes it. That's how Vicki and I drove up to Seattle for our wedding.
On the other hand, the drive back was way more fun. At Portland, after dropping off our oldest son Doug (my best man), we cut over to the Oregon Coast, stayed overnight down that coast, continued down PCH to Eureka, stayed in a bed and breakfast, then did the rest of the way down PCH, then down 101 across the Golden Gate bridge and on to 280 and on down to the South Bay.
The two night trip was way nicer than the one-night trip. Either of them is better than a one day trip, although I did a lot of driving like that when I came cross-country from Rochester New York to Palo Alto. There, I had lots of energy and excitement about finally coming to work in Silicon Valley.
Your mileage may vary. Heh.
Paul Fabretti
· 3 years ago
I'll do it Robert...I swear...I'll quit my job if it gets me 3,000 subscribers...don't think I won't!
Brian Sullivan
· 3 years ago
I am interested in how Wordpress "knows" the number of subscribers to your blog.
Do they count the number of reads of the xml file, record the Ip addrss and do some sort of analysis (making the subscriber total an educated guess?) or is there some other magic method ?
JC John Sese Cuneta (謝施洗)
· 3 years ago
Not only you :) I am also getting new viewers and subscribers after I left my former job as an Analyst at Digital Media Exchange, Inc. (http://www.dme.ph) aka Mobius (http://www.mobius.ph), a South-East Asian Online Gaming Company.
(*sarcasm mode on*) What's with leaving a company anyway?
I guess those people that hates a person now loves "ex" employees of the companies they hate. (*sarcasm mode off*)
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Of course, the later you arrive here, the easier your drive around the Edge of the Known World, as you bypass the great Cabrillo cul-de-sac. ;-)
Have a great trip. We'll have to get together one day at Cafe de Luca in Montara [no traffic going north on 1 for you] - they have great espresso AND free WiFi. :-D
-Steve
Safe travels to you and yours.
It's a trek, but a beautiful drive, especially through parts of southern Oregon and Northern Cali.
If you like road-trips, it's a good one.
And a quick recommendation: instead of taking I-5 through Sacramento to get onto I-80 West, get off I-5 at I-505 south and take that to I-80 and avoid the traffic in Sacramento. It can shave an hour off the drive...
http://vele.blogspot.com/2005_07_03_vele_archiv...
If you don't need to, I'd suggest a few stops along the way: Columbia River around Portland; Crater Lake in southern Oregon; wine country in Oregon; Mount Shasta in northern CA; Napa, Sonoma tour if once you get close to the Bay Area.
First, sorry to see you leaving MS, you were a big part of my decision to accept an evangelist position here.
Second, being I am from CA, I make the drive from Seattle to SF every year to visit family. When I am by myself and only stop for gas, it takes 12 hrs. With the family it takes 15-16. I suggest leaving at 6am, that way you will miss all of the traffic in Portland and then later in the day you'll miss the Bay Area traffic. I suggest taking i-5 all the way to just north of Sacramento and then taking 505 to I-80. Thats the fastest way. Not a ton to see between Redding and Sac but the rest of the drive is beautiful.
Enjoy!
I once drove non-stop from Big Sur to Redmond (well, not counting gas and short rest-stop breaks). Took me fifteen hours, and I drove at speeds that you probably don't want to offer as role-model driving for your son. It was almost exactly 1000 miles. You do the math.
On the other hand, the drive back was way more fun. At Portland, after dropping off our oldest son Doug (my best man), we cut over to the Oregon Coast, stayed overnight down that coast, continued down PCH to Eureka, stayed in a bed and breakfast, then did the rest of the way down PCH, then down 101 across the Golden Gate bridge and on to 280 and on down to the South Bay.
The two night trip was way nicer than the one-night trip. Either of them is better than a one day trip, although I did a lot of driving like that when I came cross-country from Rochester New York to Palo Alto. There, I had lots of energy and excitement about finally coming to work in Silicon Valley.
Your mileage may vary. Heh.
Do they count the number of reads of the xml file, record the Ip addrss and do some sort of analysis (making the subscriber total an educated guess?)
or is there some other magic method ?
(*sarcasm mode on*) What's with leaving a company anyway?
I guess those people that hates a person now loves "ex" employees of the companies they hate. (*sarcasm mode off*)