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&lt;p&gt;But, I did find time to snap a few pictures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>photo</category><category>travel</category><category>work</category><guid>http://www.duckland.org/posts/vegas-again.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2015 15:06:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More travel</title><link>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201406more-travel.html</link><dc:creator>Don Harper</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="View in front of The Venetian" src="http://img.duckland.org/2014-06/20140607094949.JPG"&gt;
I am back from Las Vegas for a trade show for work.  The hardest part was two and a half days of setting up an isolated network for some hands on training.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The training went very well, and I got some good feedback from the students.  By the last session, all the kinks were worked out of the training, and the students were able to explore a bit more than planned, but that was okay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Gondolas waiting at The Venetian" src="http://img.duckland.org/2014-06/20140607095037.JPG"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The major downside is that I did not have much time but one day for a quick walk around where I was staying at The Venetian to take some photos.  It is a shame, as there are lots of really cool visuals around the strip and in the area of Las Vegas.  Maybe next time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Bell Tower and The Moon at The Ventian" src="http://img.duckland.org/2014-06/20140607234122.JPG"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>photo</category><category>travel</category><category>work</category><guid>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201406more-travel.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:06:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rewards for Hard Travel</title><link>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201406rewards-for-hard-travel.html</link><dc:creator>Don Harper</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="New Toy" src="http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/media/catalog/product/cache/hero_resize/600X245/em5_hero_black.png"&gt;
So, in 2013, I went to China twice, Tokyo, Las Vegas, London twice, and Barcelona.  This was enough to get me some serious air miles.  I decided to turn them into something to help me get back into photography, so I got &lt;a href="http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/digitalcameras/omd/e-m5.html" title="Olympus E-M5"&gt;Olympus OM-D E-M5&lt;/a&gt;.  This is one of the latest in the line of Olympus DSLR.  This one is a micros 4/3, with a built-in Electronic View Finder (EVF).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It showed up yesterday, and I have not had much of a chance to take it through its paces.  I hope to have some time this weekend, but I have a major work project which might interfere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep an eye out for some photos as I get a chance to try it out.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>photo</category><category>travel</category><guid>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201406rewards-for-hard-travel.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:06:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the Road Again</title><link>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201405on-the-road-again.html</link><dc:creator>Don Harper</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="On The Road Again" src="http://img.duckland.org/2014-05/StartMexico.jpg"&gt;
The reason I was busy at work is that I was getting ready for two different trips to conduct three different training courses.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last week I was down in Mexico City to present some training to folks from Latin and Central America on one of our new products. Next month, I head off to Lost Wages, er, Las Vegas, for our major conference and two different training courses, while supporting a third.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That, and the fact the two oldest kids are in swim team right now, free time has drop to null.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>photo</category><category>travel</category><guid>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201405on-the-road-again.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 17:05:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Travel Map</title><link>http://www.duckland.org/posts/201402travels.html</link><dc:creator>Don Harper</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Found this site, and since I had someone ask, I thought I would share.&lt;/p&gt;

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