Last week was BKWY's annual meeting in Omaha. BillG came to town, but I didn't go (as if I could afford a share of that...). Its always interesting to see us spit and polish up for the inbound moneybags. Here's an example from this month's issue of Hemispheres, the UAL inflight magazine.
http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/pdf/insight/Omaha_web.pdf
I've had a passing interest in GIS since may days of working with HDR. They used ESRI's products on a number of applications and had good luck with them. So when I learned that ESRI was cranking out podcasts, a subscription made since. I had planned to listen to them this morning, but "Swiper No Spiwing" made that impossible Maybe on this next leg.
More on my GIS fetish once I get to New Jersey.
"order has shipped."
My copy of Bob and Dan's "A Developer's Guide to SQL Server 2005 has finally departed from whatever cave Amazon loaded them into. Can't wait to see how different it is. Its going to be a lot of reading too, its accompanied by Johnson's ADO.NET Advanced Topics book that I'm also looking forward too.
Is it time for me to take up the writing effort again? Maybe. I've got ideas, but what would you be interested in?
Niels has turned. Who's next?
I've had all the fun I want to have with an "Alternative Relationship" like that. I'm sure he'll do geat with his hookup but for me right now, a little familarity and not having figure out what the hot buttons are is very comfortable.
At least as far as an OS goes.
Vista as Bob.Next. Ouch. Cheers Niels.
Okay, I'm going to rant. Parents, please, I know you love your kids, but how about doing all of us favor and following along with these three simple suggestions when flying with them.
Do not have six children and expect to get to sit with all of them in the same row. Physics always beats physiology, ok? There's eight of you and only six seats in an economy class row. Figure it out before you fly. Arguing with the ticketing agent that you all need to sit together? You've got to be kidding me! Oldest ones together and you and rest of the flock in the back please.
Do not feed them a sugar coated anything if you have a Six AM departure. Its bad enough we all had to get up that early anyway and many of us just want to sleep the miles off. If I heard one more time this morning "look the sky is pink, a pink sky..." ugh.
Do not assume because you like "Deal or No Deal" that your five year old does too. Rest assured, in fact, they aren't going to like the in-flight entertainment even its Spongebob okay? Buy a portable DVD player or better yet, Ambien. Even If they won't take it, offer it to me. I will.
Now I'm sure your little Johnny or sweet Suzy isn't one of these trouble makers any other time and that you can't begin to explain why they had the urge to belt out the "Dora the Explorer" theme song at the top of their lungs. Over and Over and Over. Blame the pressurized cabin, the peanuts or whatever it is. But ignoring it here doesn't make it go away. And when even a crank up of TMBG and maxing out sound canceling headphones still doesn't obliterate your spawn's freestyle of "swiper no swipping..." from my soundscape -- that flight -- that flight is going to suck.
Seriously, sometimes Snakes would be easier to deal with.