{"id":848,"date":"2006-03-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2006-03-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-04T12:00:00","slug":"half-way-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/04\/half-way-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-way there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Better than half-way distance, but not time. Having paid my $6.95 for wireless access in Newark Terminal A, I figured I might as well blog.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my second Continental experience in two months and I have to say I&#8217;m not too impressed. Direct from Edinburgh is good, but that&#8217;s about it. Still, I hate moaning travellers so I&#8217;ll leave it there.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better than half-way distance, but not time. Having paid my $6.95 for wireless access in Newark Terminal A, I figured I might as well blog. That&#8217;s my second Continental experience in two months and I have to say I&#8217;m not too impressed. Direct from Edinburgh is good, but that&#8217;s about it. Still, I hate moaning&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/04\/half-way-there\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Half-way there<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1021,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/14\/ssssshhhh-dont-tell-jeffs-better-half\/","url_meta":{"origin":848,"position":0},"title":"Ssssshhhh! 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