Trip/2022/11/USA

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• Data Points

  • From: November 3rd, 2022

  • To: November 14th, 2022

  • Flying: American and Alaskan

• Schedule

  • 11/3 — Fly in (From GIG)

  • 11/4 — LAS

    • Staying with friends

  • 11/7 — PDX

    • Staying at my favorite cheap Portland boutique hotel, The Mark Spencer

  • 11/10 — BOS (to confirm, otherwise back to LAS)

  • 11/14 — Fly back (To GIG)

  • 11/15 — Arrive

• Selected Packed Items

  • Old Macbook 12"

    • Not doing a lot of coding, mostly roam, emails and some occasional PR review

      • Update: Traveling with a computer you hate make you use it less

  • Old and crappy second gen ipad mini

    • For book, articles and meetings

  • iPhone

    • Daily Driver: Maps, Messaging and Bank Access. Data plan for US access enabled

  • Airpods Pro

    • Replacing big ANC headphones for airplanes, music and meeting

  • Favorite Scarf

    • I got my partner a crown-themed scarf from Iceland, but she never liked it much, so I stole it. I'm taking it with me because it will be chilly

  • USB-C Based charging system

    • Bringing mostly USBC cables with adapters. Planning on getting this 3-in-1 travel charge with magsafe to organize things

  • Clothes

    • As always, trying to pack light and just take the essentials. Will wash clothes whenever is needed.

  • Shoes

    • Flying with my trusty pair of all black Vans Comfycush's Old Skool and ordered the Oaka The Derby in Black for fancy occasions. Let's see

      • Update: Really like The Derby

  • Quip

    • Taking my trusty all black quip pack to brush and floss

• Planned Activities

  • Meet people

  • Rest and read

    • Planning on finish volume I and II of Lady Joker

    • And maybe something random I get at Powell's

    • Update: I finished both Lady Joker volumes and also finished two other books

  • Floatation tank sessions (in both LAS and PDX)

    • Update: didn't happened. Oof

  • Sleep

    • Update: Slept a lot

  • Solve some bureaucracy quirks

• Planned Purchases

  • Updated Airpods Pro

    • It's very easy to sell my current pair in Brazil, so I'm getting the 2.0 version there.

      • Update: got it

  • USBC BT Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro

    • I was unlucky with my purchase of an HHKB early this year (I was supposed to get the latest version but got the micro USB one), so I'm going to get the latest one and sell this one.

      • Update: Couldn't get it. Next time

• Looking For

  • Very comfy PJs

    • Update: Find exactly what I wanted, in the form of Jambys

  • New battery that charge macbooks

    • Update: got it — Mophie's Powerstation Pro XL

• Bonus

  • I made a spotify playlist with relevant songs