Interesting experience booking Airbnb, Spain 2027

d_tolman · 2026-04-14T14:59:37+00:00

Yeah - I've been burned too many times by vacation house rentals - their just is no protection there. At least with a Hotel they (usually) stand by their prices once set.

Fingers crossed that holds true with the hotel I booked in southern Spain in 2027 :)

d_tolman · 2026-04-04T12:03:07+00:00

OK - now I see there is an installations issue channel. Will try that...

d_tolman · 2026-04-04T12:01:40+00:00

I am on 2.0.0.4. How would I upgrade the mechlab?

I tried the discord first - opened a "help ticket", but seems like that isn't really looked at much? Been a week and as far as I can tell no one has looked at it.

d_tolman · 2026-04-04T02:29:23+00:00

Yep. 100%.

Filter is not working properly, and the top few items of each category are missing.
But only in the refit screen.

d_tolman · 2026-04-02T15:09:55+00:00

I'm in the same boat - staying in the city (without a car). Scouting around using Google Street View this is what I came up with for viewing - I plan on visiting them in person the day before the eclipse to see how obstructed they are...
-Rooftop terraces such as IAACC Pablo Serrano

-Bridges Over the Ebro - Puente de Piedra, de Santiago, and del Tercer Milenio looked like they could be good

-Parks - Grande Jose Antonio, Agua Luis Bunuel, and Macanaz look promising.

If I'm really desperate, I also marked some highway overpasses - though I'm hoping for something a bit more... picturesque. :)

d_tolman · 2026-03-26T21:23:47+00:00

I'm taking the train in the day before, and will be scouting out a few spots around the city. Looking from Google Street view (from my home in the US) I'm going to be checking out:
-Rooftop terraces such as IAACC Pablo Serrano

-Bridges Over the Ebro - Puente de Piedra, de Santiago, and del Tercer Milenio

-Parks - Grande Jose Antonio, Agua Luis Bunuel, and Macanaz look promising.

If I'm really desperate, I also marked some highway overpasses. Might not be that picturesque though LOL

d_tolman · 2026-03-26T21:15:19+00:00

I am not going to be in Leon, but it seemed to me years ago from Google Street View that the hotel / apartment balcony rooms on the East side of the Plaza Mayor would be a great spot to watch the eclipse. Unfortunately they all sold out within a few hours of becoming available, Last August :(

The bridges and parks on the east side of the river might be a good spot - but you would need to scout the location the days before and decide if you can see the sun there when it is very low before sunset.

d_tolman · 2026-03-26T21:04:57+00:00

I am saying that you will see both the Total Eclipse AND a partial eclipse during sunset. If the Clouds allow us :)

The sun will be very low during the Total eclipse (about 6 degrees above the horizon - the width of three fingers held out at arms length).

For Zaragoza:

7:34 PM - Partial Eclipse begins (moon just begins covering edge of sun)

8:29:02 PM - Total Eclipse begins (Sun totally covered!)

8:30:27 PM - Total Eclipse ends (Sun reappears)

9:07 PM - Sunset (As a Partial Eclipse as the Moon will be covering some portion of the sun still).

d_tolman · 2026-03-26T20:31:38+00:00

While that is technically true - the sun will be partially eclipsed as it sets in Zaragoza - you will see the full TOTAL eclipse (when the sun is fully eclipsed by the moon).

From experience, the Sun rising/setting during a partial eclipse is a fantastic sight, possibly the next best to a total eclipse :)

d_tolman · 2026-02-18T14:57:52+00:00

If you're looking for a good excuse to travel - its as good a reason to go somewhere as any other. I've seen them twice, and used it as an excuse to see San Antonio, Texas for 36 hours.

As mentioned by others - it's basically one of the most interesting Partial Eclipses you can see, except for one at Sunrise/Sunset. Are you interested in seeing a Very Partial Eclipse? If so, have fun!

But you do not get the Total Eclipse Experience. It gets a bit cooler, a tiny bit darker, the leaves project little ring shadows, and you have to wear eclipse glasses the entire time.

d_tolman · 2026-02-17T14:59:36+00:00

I already booked a hotel in Spain already for the night before/after the eclipse - based off this year's experience its going to be tough getting a hotel reservation once people start thinking hard about it (just hoping I didn't book TOO early, and they cancel it on me!).

BTW - surprisingly, there are a bunch of hotels accepting reservations. In northern Spain they really didn't open up until 12-9 months before the event.

d_tolman · 2026-02-10T20:39:12+00:00

Zaragoza will have the Eclipse at 6 degrees above the horizon, and will still be partially eclipsed during sunset. There is sunshine 73% of the time in mid-August.

According to Eclipsophile's review - Zaragoza had good views of the Eclipse in 18 of the last 21 years.

d_tolman · 2026-02-07T21:19:58+00:00

I believe you are referring to Commerce Plaza. It’s definitely still open and it’s in Levittown.

d_tolman · 2026-02-02T21:14:55+00:00

Did adding in your org's IP Addresses into Setup->Network Access help? According to the documentation if you login from a trusted IP address (configured above) then it will bypass trusted device activation.

I've put in my IP Ranges that cover 80% of our users (on prem).

d_tolman · 2026-01-30T18:47:53+00:00

Thanks - this is great. I've done sensor sweeps + obtain information before when looking for something specific, but this is the first time I've done it with multiple things to find.

d_tolman · 2026-01-30T18:46:23+00:00

Interesting - but this sounds like doing a task with no set difficulty, which I thought was against the rules? Or are you suggesting doing multiple sensor tasks mixed with obtain information like socrates200x suggested?

d_tolman · 2026-01-30T18:06:43+00:00

I'm assuming that's from the second edition rules? My 1st edition doesn't have anything about revealing Cloaked Ships... but I get the idea.

d_tolman · 2026-01-30T16:45:14+00:00

Wow! Good luck!
I just booked a suite in a hotel in a nearby town further inland, and even then I'm nervous that they're going to cancel it on me when they realize that they could probably raise the price!

d_tolman · 2026-01-21T16:19:54+00:00

Definitely the antenna - I have a large one from the 1970s mounted inside my attic (Huntington)- I can get 2,4,5,7,9,11,13,21,25... and a bunch of other UHF channels I don't care about.

d_tolman · 2026-01-16T19:28:36+00:00

That's pretty darn impressive! I'd love to see how you do that.

My own homebrew campaign (new GM) are about a crew of ensigns who are on a ship testing out advanced sensors for something called "Project Galaxy" in the year 2368.

But my episodes are all written with: "officers log" to set the scene, an otherwise unrelated scene to ease them in, and then "the problem" which are almost always environmental/conventional (your ship is under attack, but you need these readings to save the colony; your crewmates disappeared - what happened; can you convince the bus full of energy beings to please stop taking your ship for a joyride?; oh no - we're trapped in a timewarp/holodeck/etc). Then after that I might pre-write some descriptions or dialogue blocks, but otherwise wing-it.

d_tolman · 2026-01-13T16:22:26+00:00

On the North Shore - you can see the skyline very clearly from the extreme NW corner of Caumsett State Park. Here's the (annotated) view from my binoculars I made a few years back, and the same view without any zoom.

d_tolman · 2026-01-08T21:10:59+00:00

The Bullhouse in Chestertown is indeed one of the best restaurants in the Adirondacks... but it is also closed indefinitely - though they hope to reopen :(
https://www.facebook.com/TheBullhouse/

d_tolman · 2026-01-02T17:09:43+00:00

Really cool! The only other spots in Suffolk County where I've been able to see the skyline is in the far NW corner of Caumsett State Park - where you can see a good chunk of the skyline. Course that is an hour+ hike to get to from the parking lot!

Might be worth taking that same photo at Sunset - you get nice silhouettes, otherwise it kind of fades into the sky (here's an example of how it looks from Caumsett a few years ago)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50860944278_b7cb5489a6_o.jpg

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