The First Rule of Startup Club is..
Monday, September 11, 2006
Don’t transport your development server across the country by putting it in your checked baggage on an Alaska Airlines flight.
I had to wait at the SeaTac baggage claim for an hour before my flight’s luggage even started coming out, so I suppose I should feel lucky that even one of my bags made it to Seattle (the one containing my toothpaste and other precious liquids). But alas, the suitcase that I shipped my server in never came out. When I inquired into its whereabouts, the friendly Alaska Airlines baggage claim agents informed me that they really have no idea since they don’t have a computerized system for scanning their luggage before putting it on a plane. Now I understand why people are just shipping their luggage instead of checking it…
To make a long story short, my suitcase made it to Seattle on the first flight the next morning. Since I don’t have Internet in my new apartment, I ended up dragging my suitcase across Capitol Hill to company headquarters so I could get the server back online and we could start working again.
Ugh… this isn’t the part of startups that they tell you about in the fancy magazines. Personally, I’m just doing it for the chicks…