[05:11] <nhaines> Meeting reminder sent!  \o/
[05:11] <ianorlin> yay
[05:13] <nhaines> I expected to send the reminder at the OCLUG meeting but it was busy and there wasn't a moment beforehand.
[05:30]  * ianorlin couldn't go cauase of personal stuff
[05:45] <nhaines> It was interesting.  I had my Nexus 7 and was showing off windowed and staged mode and everyone was exciting.
[05:46] <nhaines> If they get XMir into the images in the next two months and also mirrored display mode I'll do a presentation on it.
[19:13] <ianorlin> ah that could be nice nhaines
[23:24] <nhaines> ping pleia2 or anyone else up there who live in San Francisco and have driven to Monterey.  I'm editing a book and have a question about traffic and whether you can detour to avoid traffic but still travel via coastal roads.  (yes or no will do it.)
[23:33] <pleia2> that is a strange question :)
[23:33] <pleia2> by definition, there is only one coastal road (since there's only one coast!) so any detour would have to take you away from it
[23:34] <pleia2> in some of the towns along the coastal highway there are routes in town that take you away from the coast, but then it's not "coastal roads"
[23:35] <pleia2> but honestly, the coastal roads are really just for being pretty, they take forever and we've only done the santa cruz to san francisco drive (which took about 2 hours vs 75 minutes)
[23:35] <pleia2> not all the way monterey to san francisco
[23:39] <nhaines> pleia2: that's what I seemed to recall, but I haven't been through Monterey since I was 12 (Monterey Bay Aquarium! <3) and so I wasn't sure if it made any sense to get off PCH.  Although I rather doubted it.
[23:39] <nhaines> She also kept referring to visiting "the pier" and I was like "I don't think anyone calls the Fisherman's Wharf that".  :)
[23:40] <pleia2> in SF?
[23:40] <nhaines> In Monterey.
[23:40] <pleia2> ah
[23:40] <pleia2> cannery row :)
[23:41] <nhaines> I remember the Steinbeck museum but not much else.  The book's description sounds more like Santa Monica Pier (or Boardwalk).
[23:44] <pleia2> there are a lot of shops
[23:44] <pleia2> we stayed at the intercontinental right on the row when we were there last, next to the aquarium <3
[23:46] <nhaines> It's a romance novella and they go to the pier and walk along the stalls buying decorative candles or whatever.  But the author's British so even though I'm just filling in for her copyeditor (I usually just do EPUB formatting) I thought I'd throw in a little developmental editing as well.
[23:46] <nhaines> Because you now how people get when they're reading a book set in a real place and it doesn't match up.
[23:47]  * pleia2 nods
[23:47] <pleia2> decorative candles are right on for cannery row though!
[23:49] <pleia2> I think they cost like $50 each ;)
[23:49] <nhaines> Ha!  Well, the leading male protagonist is exceedingly wealthy or something, so that works.  Maybe not from a boardwalk stall though.  ;)
[23:50] <nhaines> Thanks, pleia2 added to the Word document comments.
[23:51] <akk> nhaines: At least from San Jose, it's much faster to get to Monterey via 101 and then cut across at one of the crossing highways -- 156 or I can't remember the other one's number.
[23:52] <akk> ah, 68 is the other one
[23:53] <akk> but you can hit traffic on 101 too, on weekends or rush hours
[23:53] <nhaines> akk: I get the impression the "detour" was to take a romantic scenic coastal route, so I assume the edit will be to remove the info about traffic/time detour.  I just mentioned coastal traffic sucks and that's why I stick to the 5 going to either San Diego or San Francisco.  ;)
[23:54] <akk> Yeah, 5 is the fast route for sure.
[23:54] <nhaines> I'll add that too, though.  They leave Saturday morning so I'm sure it won't hurt the story.
[23:54] <akk> 5 not an option for SF-Monterey, of course.
[23:57] <nhaines> Naturally.
[23:58] <nhaines> Thanks for that.  Super useful.  Also next time I drive up there (to visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, obviously), I should stop in Monterey.
[23:58] <akk> The Aquarium is still pretty impressive.
[23:59] <nhaines> Otters <3
[23:59] <pleia2> it's one of my favorites
[23:59] <nhaines> Also I always loved the jellyfish exhibits.
[23:59] <akk> and penguins! and yeah, jellyfish (though I think the jellyfish and seahorse exhibits at Long Beach are a little better).
[23:59] <akk> but mostly I like the two Big Tanks