Topic: PLATO's Bitcoin Road Trip Completed! [June 19-? Bonus round! SFO PDX SEA YVR] (Read 24017 times)
February 05, 2012, 08:37:41 PM
this sounds awesome! i would love to do this. maybe we could come up with a group who would like to do an intercontinental trip. everything should be video documented and could be a great bitcoin human interest piece.
February 05, 2012, 02:59:27 AM
true - Sorry, you missed me. :-/ I'm in LA! (Or close enough to count 
)
I met up with BrightAnarchist in Vegas then Dissipate in San Diego. Now I'm staying with Coinman in orange county.
I've got in touch with everyone on my map who's in LA but I've probably missed some people. I'm gonna go to the Crash Space hackerspace at 8pm tuesday and maybe give a presentation there. Bitcoin meetup?
I am going to stick around for about a week and continue north to SFO / Portland / Seattle / Vancouver. I'm having too much fun to stop now. So far I love San Diego and California, I'm looking forward to seeing what lies north.
I'd like to plan out my route more carefully now that I'm on the tech-heavy west coast, so let me know if there's anyone I should meet, anywhere I should talk about Bitcoins, or anything I should see or do.
Thanks a ton to everyone who's helped me make it this far - everyone who's sent me coins, you rule, everyone who I've met, you rock.
PLATO
)I met up with BrightAnarchist in Vegas then Dissipate in San Diego. Now I'm staying with Coinman in orange county.
I've got in touch with everyone on my map who's in LA but I've probably missed some people. I'm gonna go to the Crash Space hackerspace at 8pm tuesday and maybe give a presentation there. Bitcoin meetup?
I am going to stick around for about a week and continue north to SFO / Portland / Seattle / Vancouver. I'm having too much fun to stop now. So far I love San Diego and California, I'm looking forward to seeing what lies north.
I'd like to plan out my route more carefully now that I'm on the tech-heavy west coast, so let me know if there's anyone I should meet, anywhere I should talk about Bitcoins, or anything I should see or do.
Thanks a ton to everyone who's helped me make it this far - everyone who's sent me coins, you rule, everyone who I've met, you rock.
PLATO
It was a blast, Plato! Anytime you're in Vegas again drop me a line
June 14, 2011, 07:03:29 PM
Met Plato last night to fill up his Firebird. We had some drinks at a Subway across the parking lot and chatted about bitcoins for about an hour. Very cool guy. So many business ideas were flying around. It's almost unlimited to what kind of business you could get off the ground in the bitcoin industry right now. Our conversation didn't really focus on one topic, we were flying off on tangents every ten seconds. Always nice to chat with another intellectual. He also told me that he likes the west coast so much that he plans on moving here! At a couple points in the conversation I think I lost his attention while he watched some of our west coast girls walk by 
. And that was only our ugly Corona girls, hahaha! Anyway, amazing trip and awesome meeting you Plato. Keep us updated, and take more photos!
. And that was only our ugly Corona girls, hahaha! Anyway, amazing trip and awesome meeting you Plato. Keep us updated, and take more photos! 
June 13, 2011, 09:59:47 PM
It's been a pleasure to see you through the "beginning" of your journey! We'll be glad to have you back anytime you're around the left coast. Keep on keepin' us up-to-date!
CoinMan
CoinMan
June 13, 2011, 02:07:44 PM
What? PLATO you did'nt die??? Great, I guess I lost 2BTC on that bet. 
j/k Nice job man.
j/k Nice job man.
June 13, 2011, 12:34:45 PM
really nice idea. hope you could "convert" some people to Bitcoin
June 13, 2011, 06:33:40 AM
true - Sorry, you missed me. :-/ I'm in LA! (Or close enough to count )
I met up with BrightAnarchist in Vegas then Dissipate in San Diego. Now I'm staying with Coinman in orange county.
I've got in touch with everyone on my map who's in LA but I've probably missed some people. I'm gonna go to the Crash Space hackerspace at 8pm tuesday and maybe give a presentation there. Bitcoin meetup?
I am going to stick around for about a week and continue north to SFO / Portland / Seattle / Vancouver. I'm having too much fun to stop now. So far I love San Diego and California, I'm looking forward to seeing what lies north.
I'd like to plan out my route more carefully now that I'm on the tech-heavy west coast, so let me know if there's anyone I should meet, anywhere I should talk about Bitcoins, or anything I should see or do.
Thanks a ton to everyone who's helped me make it this far - everyone who's sent me coins, you rule, everyone who I've met, you rock.
PLATO
)I met up with BrightAnarchist in Vegas then Dissipate in San Diego. Now I'm staying with Coinman in orange county.
I've got in touch with everyone on my map who's in LA but I've probably missed some people. I'm gonna go to the Crash Space hackerspace at 8pm tuesday and maybe give a presentation there. Bitcoin meetup?
I am going to stick around for about a week and continue north to SFO / Portland / Seattle / Vancouver. I'm having too much fun to stop now. So far I love San Diego and California, I'm looking forward to seeing what lies north.
I'd like to plan out my route more carefully now that I'm on the tech-heavy west coast, so let me know if there's anyone I should meet, anywhere I should talk about Bitcoins, or anything I should see or do.
Thanks a ton to everyone who's helped me make it this far - everyone who's sent me coins, you rule, everyone who I've met, you rock.
PLATO
June 13, 2011, 12:03:21 AM
In Vegas yet? We've got a Bitcoin meetup down here and could get together. Let me know if you're interested.
June 03, 2011, 12:27:46 PM
I posted an AMA to Reddit, help me hit frontpage? http://redd.it/hql62
Should have let us know at /r/Bitcoin, we could have helped upvote it. Next time I guess.
June 03, 2011, 12:15:56 PM
Yo Man, if you're still in salt lake let me know. I've got peeps there. I can get you hooked up with some bomb sushi.
June 03, 2011, 01:35:13 AM
Sounds like fun as long as you avoid too much daytime heat. 
June 03, 2011, 01:20:28 AM
I posted an AMA to Reddit, help me hit frontpage? http://redd.it/hql62
I got some sick vinyls on my car thanks to casascius's wife, I'll upload some photos to my blog tomorrow. I'm going on air on KTKK tomorrow morning to talk about Bitcoins, liberty and agorism with Clint Richardson and a constitutional lawyer, then I'm heading south to Vegas!
I got some sick vinyls on my car thanks to casascius's wife, I'll upload some photos to my blog tomorrow. I'm going on air on KTKK tomorrow morning to talk about Bitcoins, liberty and agorism with Clint Richardson and a constitutional lawyer, then I'm heading south to Vegas!
May 30, 2011, 02:21:31 PM
Saw your piece on Corbett today. Nice piece. I will donate bitcoins to you if I can ever get it working.
May 30, 2011, 01:51:17 PM
Update!
I need to find a simple video editing suite for Linux so I can cut together the footage that I took.
-PLATO
I need to find a simple video editing suite for Linux so I can cut together the footage that I took.
-PLATO
check these two posts for ubersimple, uberportable video editing
Cut up video files with ffmpeg
http://webhostingneeds.com/Cut_video_using_ffmpeg
Put them together with mencoder
http://www.misterhowto.com/index.php?category=Computers&subcategory=Video&article=join_with_mencoder
May 30, 2011, 01:21:18 PM
Update!
I'm about to head out of Denver. I'm going to meet mndrix in Wyoming and get some gas, then look for a national forest where I can camp for the night. Bright and early Tuesday morning, I'm heading westwards to Salt Lake City. I'm planning on staying in Salt Lake for a few days; I would really like to tell some businesspeople about Bitcoins. If anyone has contacts in SLC who are interested I'd be glad to sit down and explain the system. Also, I haven't lined up places to crash in SLC yet.
I went skydiving with my uncle on Saturday and paid him some bitcoins. I need to find a simple video editing suite for Linux so I can cut together the footage that I took. I have like 30 gigs of video sitting on my hard drive that needs to be edited, so any recommendations are appreciated!
-PLATO
I'm about to head out of Denver. I'm going to meet mndrix in Wyoming and get some gas, then look for a national forest where I can camp for the night. Bright and early Tuesday morning, I'm heading westwards to Salt Lake City. I'm planning on staying in Salt Lake for a few days; I would really like to tell some businesspeople about Bitcoins. If anyone has contacts in SLC who are interested I'd be glad to sit down and explain the system. Also, I haven't lined up places to crash in SLC yet.
I went skydiving with my uncle on Saturday and paid him some bitcoins. I need to find a simple video editing suite for Linux so I can cut together the footage that I took. I have like 30 gigs of video sitting on my hard drive that needs to be edited, so any recommendations are appreciated!
-PLATO
May 26, 2011, 01:58:30 PM
Awesome journey! This should be filmed.
May 24, 2011, 12:26:50 PM
If you find yourself near Chicago or Indianapolis, let me know. I just got started with bitcoin but I can see what i can do to help.
May 23, 2011, 11:37:11 PM
Yep I hit Austin about a week ago. That's a pretty cool town, I met some fun people. I'll be in Salt Lake in about a week. Also gonna try and edit my map to make it a bit more readable.
May 23, 2011, 11:24:36 PM
little confused, did you end up going through Austin? I've got peeps in Austin and Salt Lake City.
May 23, 2011, 10:54:19 PM
Sup everyone -
I just reached Denver. I'm happy to report that I'm well over halfway across the country without spending a single dollar. I uploaded a ton of pictures here and video will be uploaded when I have some hours to paw through my footage. Yesterday I was too close for comfort to the deadly tornado in Joplin, MO... got stuck in a hailstorm for a bit.
My plan is to stick around in Denver for about a week, since I have some family here, then continue to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. I'm hoping to arrive in San Diego during the first week of June then continue north to LA. My initial goal was to reach LA on bitcoin alone so I may start spending dollars as I travel up the coast... thoughts?
As always, any donations are appreciated!
-PLATO
I just reached Denver. I'm happy to report that I'm well over halfway across the country without spending a single dollar. I uploaded a ton of pictures here and video will be uploaded when I have some hours to paw through my footage. Yesterday I was too close for comfort to the deadly tornado in Joplin, MO... got stuck in a hailstorm for a bit.
My plan is to stick around in Denver for about a week, since I have some family here, then continue to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. I'm hoping to arrive in San Diego during the first week of June then continue north to LA. My initial goal was to reach LA on bitcoin alone so I may start spending dollars as I travel up the coast... thoughts?
As always, any donations are appreciated!
-PLATO
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