Our complimentary breakfast this morning was provided by Techexcel. My schedule today included these sessions: Time Title Sponsor/Host/Presenter 9:00-9:45 Give Your Users a Little UNC-Chapel Hill 10:15-11:00 Adventures in New Student Email UNC-Pembroke 12:15-1:00 Web Services BOF NCSU 1:30-2:15 IT Tools – Cyber Stalkers UNC-Wilmington 2:30-3:15 Using the Power of the Web to Organize Your … Read more
I decided to drive myself to Greensboro for UNC Cause 2008 instead of riding with a work companion in case I need to head to Jacksonville for any reason over the next couple of days. UNC Cause 2008 This year’s conference will be held in Greensboro, NC from November 17th-19th. This year’s conference theme is … Read more
We met Robert’s co-worker, Yelena, and her friend Josh at the Farmers’ Market Restaurant for a killer breakfast. It was nice to meet Yelena after all I’ve heard about her. All good, of course, since she’s a reader of this blog. After breakfast, we strolled through the Farmer’s Market, where I almost bought a totally … Read more
Oh my goodness what a lazy day. I actually did spend a little time straightening up, going through the mounds of paper that had accumulated (don’t you love that non-accusing passive voice?) on my table. Okay, I’ll make it active voice. “…going through the mounds of paper that my lazy ass has thrown onto the … Read more
This is with regards to this little item in my November 11TH entry. Early this morning, I had this e-mail in my work inbox: Subject: Your Surprise Blog Reader Hi John, I’m not sure if I’m the same person Jude was referring to. The story sounds vaguely familiar to my situation—or maybe you have TWO … Read more
I’ve seen this in a plethora of venues on the web now, from news items, to blogs, to tweets on Twitter, and a lot of them have been from straight people, which is encouraging. On the outside chance you haven’t seen it: Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Proposition 8 As expected my arms hurt when … Read more
I got up at about 9:00, and after SSSing, I treated myself to the Farmers’ Market Restaurant, where I took a seat at the counter, since I was a “party of one.” I had on my “No one cares about your blog” t-shirt. While I was looking at the menu, a lady tapped me on … Read more
I kept a low profile today, resting my knee as much as possible. Tonight was our big fundraiser at Manbites Dog Theater, and as a board member, I dutifully arrived at 6:30 as instructed. Gregor has donated 100 long-sleeved black t-shirt with the Manbites Dog logo on them and they look stellar! Most of the … Read more
I woke up at 2:00 and couldn’t go back to sleep. At 4:00, I finally just got up. I had several cups of coffee, and worked on my pictures and notes from my trip. When Robert got up, we had sausage patties on Hawaiian rolls for breakfast, and then we watched two more episodes of … Read more
I met Sherry, Ann, Paula, Kathy, Jeanne and Kirsten at 8:30 for the hotel breakfast buffet. We broke bread together for the last time. And then, off to my ride: I left Shanghai tomorrow and arrived today in Chicago, ten minutes after I left. Actually, we left Shanghai at 4:05 PM on 10/31/08 and arrived … Read more