No Meetings Today

For the first time in many, many weeks, I have no work-related or square dance-related meetings scheduled for today. That is not to say that I don't have a long and extensive to-do list, but at least I will have fewer interruptions as I plow my way through it.

It almost feels like a holiday. I should have considered telecommuting today.

No Meetings Today

For the first time in many, many weeks, I have no work-related or square dance-related meetings scheduled for today. That is not to say that I don't have a long and extensive to-do list, but at least I will have fewer interruptions as I plow my way through it.

It almost feels like a holiday. I should have considered telecommuting today.

Happy Birthday, trawnapanda!

Yeah, I know I'm a day late but this is the first breathing space I've had in a while so I'm catching up. Hope it was a good day! If I have time later, I'll have a chocolate sundae in your honour.

Happy Birthday, trawnapanda!

Yeah, I know I'm a day late but this is the first breathing space I've had in a while so I'm catching up. Hope it was a good day! If I have time later, I'll have a chocolate sundae in your honour.

Laptop Battery Replacement

Geeks know about the notorious worldwide Sony battery recall. For the uninitiated, Sony designs & produces lithium ion batteries for a vast array of laptop manufacturers as well as their own line of computers. There is a design flaw in many of their batteries which causes them to overheat and possibly burst into flames.

The bazillion Dell laptops my employer has deployed --including my own-- use Sony batteries. Although it has performed flawlessly, the powers-that-be dropped by just a moment ago to swap out my laptop battery.

If anything bursts into flames in my cube, it won't be my laptop.

Laptop Battery Replacement

Geeks know about the notorious worldwide Sony battery recall. For the uninitiated, Sony designs & produces lithium ion batteries for a vast array of laptop manufacturers as well as their own line of computers. There is a design flaw in many of their batteries which causes them to overheat and possibly burst into flames.

The bazillion Dell laptops my employer has deployed --including my own-- use Sony batteries. Although it has performed flawlessly, the powers-that-be dropped by just a moment ago to swap out my laptop battery.

If anything bursts into flames in my cube, it won't be my laptop.

Paging Mr. Hitchcock...

I've been writing documentation fairly steadily since 8 AM. A few minutes ago, I left my cube to stare north out the windows to the horizon for a while to let my eyes relax. A distance away, I saw what I beleived to be faint smoke blowing west to east with the wind. After a moment, I realized it was actually a dense jetstream of flocking birds, something the size of a large sparrow.

Looking as far as I could to the east and west, I could see neither the start nor end of this flow: they simply faded off into the distance in each direction. I began picking out individuals in the stream and it was clear they were moving at a very quick pace. A full 2.5 minutes later, the end of the flock finally flew past.

That's a whopping huge number of birds.

Paging Mr. Hitchcock...

I've been writing documentation fairly steadily since 8 AM. A few minutes ago, I left my cube to stare north out the windows to the horizon for a while to let my eyes relax. A distance away, I saw what I beleived to be faint smoke blowing west to east with the wind. After a moment, I realized it was actually a dense jetstream of flocking birds, something the size of a large sparrow.

Looking as far as I could to the east and west, I could see neither the start nor end of this flow: they simply faded off into the distance in each direction. I began picking out individuals in the stream and it was clear they were moving at a very quick pace. A full 2.5 minutes later, the end of the flock finally flew past.

That's a whopping huge number of birds.

Washington, DC Happy Hour

It looks like we have a group descending on 30 Degrees (17th & R Streets NW) for happy hour ce soir, around 6:30 PM onwards to 8 PM. Drop by if you're available. Suggestions for restaurants for dinner tonight are welcome & encouraged.

Washington, DC Happy Hour

It looks like we have a group descending on 30 Degrees (17th & R Streets NW) for happy hour ce soir, around 6:30 PM onwards to 8 PM. Drop by if you're available. Suggestions for restaurants for dinner tonight are welcome & encouraged.