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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

So why were there no posts from the last four days?

Because we were in SoCal, staying at two hotels which were both supposed to have free, high-speed Ethernet T-1 Internet connections in every room. Unfortunately, the connections in both rooms were broken. I could and did get poky Internet access via my PCS phone, but it's such a hassle to load even the most basic Web page that it wasn't worth the bother to try to post here. So here is a weekend recap:
Friday morning: Gave work a noon deadline by which time I absolutely must be gone, meaning that I can start a build no later than 11:00. I'm instructed to start at 10:30--even better. Unfortunately it fails at approximately 11:15 and the fix is not delivered to me in time to complete before I must leave. We get on the road.
Friday afternoon: Driving. Took 101 south instead of I-5 this time. I think the extra distance is compensated by the relative absence of big-rigs. We made it to El Segundo in seven hours, including a half-hour stop for lunch in Pismo Beach.
Saturday morning: Gould family birthday breakfast.
Saturday afternoon: MousePad potluck at Disneyland, then MouseAdventure prep meeting.
Saturday evening: Dinner at Dave & Buster's (oops, two-hour wait and no reservations accepted) TGIFriday's (oops, 90-minute wait and no reservations accepted) Wolfgang Puck's at the Block. Lovely dinner, horrible cover band.
Saturday night/Sunday morning: Painfully, over aforementioned poky PCS connection, finish build started Friday morning.
Sunday: MouseAdventure in DCA.
Monday morning: Haunted Mansion Holiday and Disney Gallery. Early-ish lunch at the Blue Bayou; I hadn't had a Monte Cristo in a couple of years.
Monday afternoon/evening: Drive home. We took 101 back, made it in 7 1/2 hours with just a brief bathroom stop. Most of the delay was slooow drivers from Oxnard to Pismo.
|| Andrew, 9:38 AM || ||

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