Better yet, maybe the Google Party Plane will come and save you from having to travel the country in a freaking mini-van! Come on Google - fly everyone to "Off the Grid"! Oh - and come pick me up in San Antonio!
Netwrkr
· 3 years ago
Keep on going and stop in Chicago!!
Mark Reinhold
· 3 years ago
You could come from San Francisco on 4 to Oakley on your on 160 to Sacramento to see me, and the ex zynfidal capital the world. Instead growing grapes we are now growning houses. But traveling 160 you go along the Sacramento river to the state capital and I think it is much nicer than just going up 80.
John
· 3 years ago
Scoble, give me a shout on e-mail if you make it to The Dalles and I can get you out to the site but there is no way we can get in unless Sergey and Larry come with you. There are pretty crazy about security.
cgraham149
· 3 years ago
Let me know when you will be stopping in Sacramento! Dinner in Old Town, Downtown or a nearby suburb?
You'll also be passin through Auburn & Colfax...thems is foothill towns ya know!!
2ski
· 3 years ago
If you can and have time you should stop by Moab, Utah. They have really good places to camp outside or just visit. Been there a few times myself and enjoyed it.
Sid Steward
· 3 years ago
cgraham149-
As I recall, Robert likes BBQ -- that's good Summer fare, too. Midtown Sac might appeal to his Seattle roots. Lots of nice little places to eat and lots of color.
Karim
· 3 years ago
A road film for our times: TCP/IP Rider.
♫ Get your motor runnin'... Head out on the highway... Lookin' for some WiFi... and our GPS location... ♫
EXT. ROADSIDE CAMPFIRE -- NIGHT
JACK NICHOLSON takes another hit off the joint and begins to ramble.
NICHOLSON Well, the Googlers are people, just like us. From within our own Solar System. Except that their society is more evolved. They don't have any managers, because engineers don't need managers. Our leaders have repressed this information because of the tremendous shock it would cause to our antiquated systems. Now, the result of this is that Googlarians have contacted peoples in all walks of life, in an advisory capacity. Eventually, the Googlerites will cause man to have a godlike control over his own destiny. But they must do this covertly, because of the shock it would cause to our antiquated systems.
PATRICK (whispering to Robert) I told you not to pick up hitchhikers.
Nicole Buckley
· 3 years ago
Stop by Bozeman and come visit us at O'Berry Cavanaugh again. I wasn't around the first time you stopped in. :-)
robertmerrill
· 3 years ago
Robert, when will you be in Salt Lake?
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
Salt Lake? I'd expect sometime Friday. I'll work on a route based on these responses.
Nick Douglas
· 3 years ago
Karim: Hahahahahaha!
Robert: Okay, but I'll need an EVDO card and a trunk full of mescaline.
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
Nick: damn, I can do the EVDO card...
Phil Burns
· 3 years ago
See you in Utah!
Evil ZEN Scientist
· 3 years ago
I'm in Salt Lake - feel free to stop by!
Joseph Scott
· 3 years ago
Geek dinner in Sacramento?
Christopher Coulter
· 3 years ago
Karim, going correct format, eh? :) Tho the CHARACTER should be centered.
PS - Christopher Riley is the baseline.
momspeaks
· 3 years ago
Come to Portland and we'll throw some ribs on the BBQ and a cherry pie in the oven. Seriously - I'm a great cook. :>)
Yes, the Sac crew awaits. Please keep me informed of your visit and we (Adam Kalsey, Joseph Scott, et al.) will make sure we get you fed.
Tim Stay
· 3 years ago
Robert,
Know More Media would be glad to organize a meet and greet for lunch on Friday if you make it to Salt Lake by then. Then you could meet a bunch of the Utah crowd all in one place.
Let me know if you are interested.
Eber Irigoyen
· 3 years ago
I'm in Salt Lake, so what's the plan?
vinnie mirchandani
· 3 years ago
you want a little detour - come to Tampa, FL! At this point we are cooler than most of the country - sweet revenge in the summer!!
irina slutsky
· 3 years ago
oh, my college roommate from UVA lives in sacramento. i went to j-school for graduate degree and she is not in vet school. i've never been to sacramento, but driving from sf to montana with scoble and eddie and a whole slew of online video geeks is almost like a dream come true. i think. i hear there's some hot springs and come cowboys at the end of this trip.
Karim
· 3 years ago
i hear there’s some hot springs and come cowboys at the end of this trip.
Ok, scratch TCP/IP Rider. The new script is called Broadband Mountain...
ENNIS You ever get the feelin'... I don't know, er... when you're in town and someone looks at you all suspicious, like he knows? And then you go out on the pavement and everyone looks like they know too?
SCOBLE Yeah! And then they ask you to fix their computer.
ENNIS That's... not exactly what I meant.
SCOBLE Tell you what, though. Truth is, sometimes I miss Microsoft so much I can hardly stand it. I wish I could quit Microsoft.
So, we're leaving San Francisco at 2 p.m. Thursday. We'll drive straight through to Salt Lake City. That'll take about 12 hours, so we'll be in Salt Lake City at 2 a.m.
We'll catch some sleep, then get up for breakfast. So, how about breakfast at 9 a.m.? How about someplace near the Temple?
On the way home maybe we'll stop in Sacramento, but we'll breeze through at about 4 p.m. on the way to Montana and want to get more distance.
Ryan M
· 3 years ago
Let me know if you do, in fact, stop in Sacramento.
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
Ryan, we might on the way home. Not sure yet, though.
On the way there, though, we'll be flying through at 5 p.m. tonight so doesn't make much sense to stop, sorry.
We'll do something else in Sacramento soon, though, since that's only two hours from where I am.
Toby CA2VA
· 3 years ago
Right behind you dude. I'm moving to Richmond, VA on 8/17. I'll be taking the same trip but continuing on to Mt. Rushmore, Chicago, Niagra Falls, Albany, Gettysburg/Antietam, D.C. and Richmond. Obviously if you're in Jackson, then you have to do Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. Keep us posted on any cool happenings. I'm finding nothing but sugar-coated poop nuggets on the net. The net is like tv, a bazillion sites and too much crap. So looking forward to what you have to offer.
CodeRed
· 3 years ago
What the hell...Scroble interviewed me the other day at work (PrintingForLess dot com), I wish I'd seen it coming! Great experience, wish I could have been a part of his crew...neat group of folks, the likes of we don't get too many of around here. It was a breath of fresh-idea air, if you will, so I'll be paying attention for the next round...you do take stragglers from Montana, don't you?
All Comments
You'll also be passin through Auburn & Colfax...thems is foothill towns ya know!!
As I recall, Robert likes BBQ -- that's good Summer fare, too. Midtown Sac might appeal to his Seattle roots. Lots of nice little places to eat and lots of color.
♫ Get your motor runnin'...
Head out on the highway...
Lookin' for some WiFi...
and our GPS location... ♫
EXT. ROADSIDE CAMPFIRE -- NIGHT
JACK NICHOLSON takes another hit off the joint and begins to ramble.
NICHOLSON
Well, the Googlers are people, just like us. From within our own Solar System. Except that their society is more evolved. They don't have any managers, because engineers don't need managers. Our leaders have repressed this information because of the tremendous shock it would cause to our antiquated systems. Now, the result of this is that Googlarians have contacted peoples in all walks of life, in an advisory capacity. Eventually, the Googlerites will cause man to have a godlike control over his own destiny. But they must do this covertly, because of the shock it would cause to our antiquated systems.
PATRICK
(whispering to Robert)
I told you not to pick up hitchhikers.
Robert: Okay, but I'll need an EVDO card and a trunk full of mescaline.
PS - Christopher Riley is the baseline.
Know More Media would be glad to organize a meet and greet for lunch on Friday if you make it to Salt Lake by then. Then you could meet a bunch of the Utah crowd all in one place.
Let me know if you are interested.
Ok, scratch TCP/IP Rider. The new script is called Broadband Mountain...
ENNIS
You ever get the feelin'... I don't know, er... when you're in town and someone looks at you all suspicious, like he knows? And then you go out on the pavement and everyone looks like they know too?
SCOBLE
Yeah! And then they ask you to fix their computer.
ENNIS
That's... not exactly what I meant.
SCOBLE
Tell you what, though. Truth is, sometimes I miss Microsoft so much I can hardly stand it. I wish I could quit Microsoft.
ENNIS
You did quit Microsoft.
SCOBLE
Oh yeah.
We'll catch some sleep, then get up for breakfast. So, how about breakfast at 9 a.m.? How about someplace near the Temple?
On the way home maybe we'll stop in Sacramento, but we'll breeze through at about 4 p.m. on the way to Montana and want to get more distance.
On the way there, though, we'll be flying through at 5 p.m. tonight so doesn't make much sense to stop, sorry.
We'll do something else in Sacramento soon, though, since that's only two hours from where I am.
Obviously if you're in Jackson, then you have to do Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. Keep us posted on any cool happenings. I'm finding nothing but sugar-coated poop nuggets on the net. The net is like tv, a bazillion sites and too much crap. So looking forward to what you have to offer.
CR