This week's trip was a visit to Justin's house in Waterloo. I got there Monday evening and left Thursday morning. The first order of business was to go out drinking (of course).
Tuesday, we took Justin's new inflatable boat out for a spin. The whole day was spent tinkering with the motor. By the end of the day, it was finally running properly. Right about then, an awesome sunset illuminated the entire lake in bright orange-pink.
Wednesday's plan was to do Justin's business rounds with him, the main meeting being at a media company to create a new promotional video. All the driving would give us time to catch up. For about ten minutes down highway 407, an OPP cruiser was following the car, making us both rather uneasy. Eventually he did pull us over, noting that the license sticker was expired and the insurance was no better. I learned that this results in a court visit that in turn results (most likely) in a five thousand dollar fine. Driving the car anywhere was completely out of the question. However, the officer was very kind, and dropped us off at the closest exit, which coincidentally was right in front of ATI headquarters. I decided to use this opportunity to meet the Linux driver team, whom I previously met online and at OLS. I was told they are interested in getting involved in making certain that any hardware-accelerated goodies the GTK and Gnome projects start using in the near future work as well as they should using their drivers. The arrangement would be just like it is when I find an issue in the way Celestia runs on their drivers. We continued chatting while waiting for a taxi to arrive to take us to the (very patient) media company. While the day did not go smoothly, it was definitely eventful.
The way back was a convenient way for Markus to get back from Milton to Ottawa, so he accompanied me back. The entire trip was just over 1100km. I discovered that my car is significantly more efficient at 115km/h than at 125km/h. The slower speed allowed me to travel from Milton to my house starting at a full 45L tank and ending a millimeter below the half-mark; and that's with Markus and the entire contents of his bedroom!
It is hard to believe that it is September already.