Snow. Nice.
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As I returned from Austria last night (20 hours door to door) to a pile of snow in my driveway, I found myself longing for gluhwein and sleep (a causal relationship if there ever was one) as it was 4 AM in Vienna. But pushing through to after midnight has put me back on track, something my son will appreciate at his rescheduled band concert tonight.
There is much to catch up on -- another certification exam to write, Lotusphere 2007 preparation, a few projects for customers, and getting the new QuickPlace templates finished and posted.
My final session at The VIEW conference was fun. I was using a borrowed VMWare image of Domino/DB2, and had integrated them for DB2NSF for storage earlier Friday morning. But I hadn't configured a database with DAVs and SQL Query views. I had one from a prior setup, and started the session by promising the audience that if I could not get them all working, the beer was on me. It was a new experience watching attendees smile and clap when a demo failed, then moan when it worked. In the end, I was able to get everything working so was off the hook - but offerred a round anyway.
The insanity of a nonstop 11-session conference over, I'm happy to be back and looking forward to some family time this weekend. Also some salt and sand, as I figured out this morning with a northern exposure, half of the driveway at our new house won't see the sun for several months.
As I returned from Austria last night (20 hours door to door) to a pile of snow in my driveway, I found myself longing for gluhwein and sleep (a causal relationship if there ever was one) as it was 4 AM in Vienna. But pushing through to after midnight has put me back on track, something my son will appreciate at his rescheduled band concert tonight.
There is much to catch up on -- another certification exam to write, Lotusphere 2007 preparation, a few projects for customers, and getting the new QuickPlace templates finished and posted.
My final session at The VIEW conference was fun. I was using a borrowed VMWare image of Domino/DB2, and had integrated them for DB2NSF for storage earlier Friday morning. But I hadn't configured a database with DAVs and SQL Query views. I had one from a prior setup, and started the session by promising the audience that if I could not get them all working, the beer was on me. It was a new experience watching attendees smile and clap when a demo failed, then moan when it worked. In the end, I was able to get everything working so was off the hook - but offerred a round anyway.
The insanity of a nonstop 11-session conference over, I'm happy to be back and looking forward to some family time this weekend. Also some salt and sand, as I figured out this morning with a northern exposure, half of the driveway at our new house won't see the sun for several months.
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You certainly won the IronAss presenting award - again!
Wow...!
---* Bill
Posted by Wild Bill At 03:01:48 AM On 12/05/2006 | - Website - |