tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post5441588893808922535..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: Shortcuts: I'm doing them wrongStyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-64694054071073179432008-08-11T21:59:00.000+10:002008-08-11T21:59:00.000+10:00Or, you could use follow directions: http://xkcd.c...Or, you could use follow directions: http://xkcd.com/461/Juggling Frogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-74090188106864494692008-08-10T16:21:00.000+10:002008-08-10T16:21:00.000+10:00Oops, I had forgotten about the 'u-turn' :) I star...Oops, I had forgotten about the 'u-turn' :) I started off by going left too!<BR/><BR/>(Can you call it a u-turn when you are walking? Logically, you'd think so, but I only associate u-turns with cars.)StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-37967183103101861702008-08-10T15:24:00.000+10:002008-08-10T15:24:00.000+10:00I would have gotten in a U-turn, too, probably aft...I would have gotten in a U-turn, too, probably after starting by heading to the left on your map.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-73341321934842546922008-08-10T12:06:00.000+10:002008-08-10T12:06:00.000+10:00Mooninthegutter - the original distance would have...Mooninthegutter - the original distance would have been 2.1km; my "shortcut" was 3.2km.<BR/><BR/>Dance - it wasn't the university. In my defense, it was a part of town I hadn't walked in before. But I had seen on a map that the original route looked like three sides of a square, so I was pretty sure there was a better way :)StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-17413958347315971532008-08-10T08:51:00.000+10:002008-08-10T08:51:00.000+10:00I've done that a little too often. In fact, I onc...I've done that a little too often. <A HREF="http://westprocrastination.blogspot.com/2006/08/return-of-quiet-sunday-evening.html" REL="nofollow">In fact, I once used Mapquest to show the walking tour I'd given some friends</A>.Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-80381425104290628622008-08-09T22:57:00.000+10:002008-08-09T22:57:00.000+10:00I do that too.....but that's a college campus, rig...I do that too.....but that's a college campus, right? That's just how they are. You always think you can cut through, and you wind up trying to jaywalk a 4-lane highway.<BR/><BR/>My grad school had a football stadium between my house and the library. 5 years, and *every day* I thought, again, "hmm, what's the best way to get to the other side?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-88194790158211279702008-08-09T22:14:00.000+10:002008-08-09T22:14:00.000+10:00There is a cartoon here called "Family Circus" --s...There is a cartoon here called "Family Circus" --sometimes they do the "the quick way" vs. "the kid's way" kind of thing... and they illustrate all the stops, detours etc...Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-11454179693500014692008-08-09T17:26:00.000+10:002008-08-09T17:26:00.000+10:00Go on then...how much longer is your route?Go on then...how much longer is your route?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com