Thunder From Down Under!!
I'm very proud to be a part of BEOS history! It's called BEOS at SEA!
We are on a 30-day cruise from Sydney, Australia to Vancouver, BC, Canada. While in Sydney, my husband and I went on the amazing "Aussie Quest" for a BEOS approved laptop.
After several train rides and walking 7.3 km (according to my iPhone) we sat down on a public bench and BOOM, right in front of us was not only a computer store (not on the internet), but it was solely a MSI computer store loaded with computer geeks! After a quick call to the esteemed Dan Notestein to ensure the computer geeks were doing what was needed, we then set off to find a GPS receiver for the laptop. Surprisingly, this as well was no easy task. I am from Canada and am used to slow mail, but Australia is far behind even Canada for online ordering with slow delivery. I could order a GPS receiver easy enough online, but the guaranteed time of delivery was always a month away with NO opportunity for a speedier option. We did eventually find a GPS and then all was left online in the very capable hands of Dan Notestein.
What distance will we cover on the 1st portion of our cruise?
A perfect cruise for many days of "International Water"..."Jurisdiction, NONE"
For a better understanding of BEOS at Sea, see Stan Larimer's post here
I hope you enjoyed my post, and I look forward to sharing BEOS at SEA daily with you!!
Thanks for all your work, dedication, and patience as we figured out how to get this working!
Hello dear friend @steem-samiam !!! I hope to enjoy your cruise and to have great time !!! I suggest you to visit out beautiful Greek islands in summer with your yacht !!!!
Lol, I’d love to!!
A great adventure indeed. Thanks for helping test, implement and pioneer the BEOS project!
I think I'm ready for America's Amazing Race now, lol
What is a BEOS approved laptop and why do you have to go all the way to Australia to a physical store to get one?
I started my holiday in Australia, which is where I was prior to the start of our cruise (Australia to Vancouver, Canada). A BEOS approved laptop just means that it needed Linux and some other techie stuff on it, which is out of my league of language :)
I thought it might have been some security thing to make sure the NSA etc hadn’t backdoored the laptop!
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That looks fun, although trying to find a laptop might not have been so much fun. Oof! Was it more expensive there, too? They were more expensive in Spain than the US. Now I feel extra spoiled with my 2-day online deliveries! lol.
It was totally fun going on the quest :) Yes, it was more expensive than the US, but with the dollar conversion, I would think it would be similar. When we hit Hawaii, I'll be looking for a North American cord for the laptop as the Australia one definitely won't plug in :)
Lol, I really miss having our house in Florida and how fast the US delivery system is! I'm told that Australia has just gotten onto Amazon.
What a wonderful cruise!!! I hope you had a beautiful time there.... :)))
I've been doing the rain dance for a while now, seeing this post has reminded me to buy some more BTS to stake as I was on holiday (in none other than Australia) when it was launched, so had no way of accessing the wallet! Still managed to create the account and put a small amount in while I was away.
That's wonderful to hear!
Nice to have you back blogging, hope you have an enjoyable cruise, its quite a long cruise and all the best with BEOS, i definitely follow up on that project
Yes, it has been a while since I was posting :) Thanks for the good wishes...BEOS really has an outstanding team behind it :)
I really want to follow your trip.
I always appreciate you! Thanks for always supporting my posts :)
You've been away for quite some time now, it's nice to have you back!
Thanks! Great to be back and testing out the BEOS at sea!