Spent most of the day fiddling with trying to get CVS to attach to Access360’s servers, trying to replace ctl3d32.dll, and with uninstalling and reinstalling NAV. What a pain. Finished the EAGLE end of year report. Attended quarterly IDWB L1 Support meeting. Alice is good people. Spent about an hour with Rhonda trying to fix … Read more
Spent most of the day catching up on my e-mail from being out. Spoke with Susanne for a while. Tried to install CVS. Spent a good deal of time incorporating the feedback comments from the EAGLE officers on the EAGLE end-of-year report. I sent this note to the boys: Greetings gentlemen, I have returned safe … Read more
I got up at about 8:30. Michael was already up, smoking and watching TV. I asked him if he would try and find the recording of “Macy Gray and ‘the flies, the flies’” while I showered. They have a towel warming rack. How wonderful to dry off with a warm towel! Afterward, I watched the … Read more
I got up at 9, in time to have the complimentary hotel breakfast, which is served until 10. From there, I made my way to the post office — “La Poste” — passing right by it as the lady in the lobby of the hotel told me it was about a 20 minute walk. It … Read more
After a late night, I got up at 11:30. I missed lunch with Michael and Nick to say goodbye to Nick, who left today. Bummer. After going through the tour book that Alan had put in our packets, and marking down the subway stops for the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, and L’Opera, I walked down to … Read more
At breakfast on Saturday morning, Jacob distributed this handout to us: Name of Guest Room Number Name of Guest Room Number Alan 401 Phil 303 Andrew & Mark 405 George 703 Daph & John 304 Martin 404 Dason & Geert 305 Jacob 403 Markus & Iain 306 Steve 307 Michael & Nick 308 John 603 … Read more
We arrived at Gatwick 1.5 hours late. I was concerned now about making it from Gatwick to Victoria Station by train, getting to Michael and Nick’s, and then leaving at 10:00 for the Waterloo Station, where we were to meet the group to board the Eurostar for Paris. I was supposed to have a whole … Read more
We left Robert’s at about 9:30. The roads were fairly clear. I got to work at about 9:50, and the place was pretty deserted. I worked until about 10:45, when this announcement came on: “Senior site management has decided to cancel first shift for today.” I locked up and left. A lot of traffic lights … Read more
Jay and I left IBM at just before 4:00 for the airport. What a nightmare of traffic, mostly getting out of IBM and over to Chin Page Road. We arrived at the airport at about 4:40. There were no lines at the AA ticket counter, which was not a good sign. As it turns out … Read more
I am so trying to get out of this city. The ice and snow is accumulating as my 6:45 flight to London draws near. I’m subscribed to www.aa.com to get alerts in any change to my flight and haven’t received any yet, so that’s good. Finished up what I’m going to be able to get … Read more