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The last while
Jul. 5th, 2004 03:51 pmSeems I haven't been posting in my journal a lot lately. Not sure why, just didn't seem to fit my mood, I guess.
I've just spent almost a month in Ottawa, which has been a nice change. Spent the time dealing with issues left from teaching in Germany -- a bunch of product problems and suggestions that I had to track down, deal with, etc. I'm also being/have also been re-orged at work, no change in job -- just a change in reporting structure.
Among the problems I had in Germany was hardware failure from my laptop. Work has, finally, gotten me a new laptop. (I had some bitterness about laptops -- when I started doing training, they ordered a new laptop for me, and my VP decided he liked it, and gave me his old one.) The new one is a Toshiba P20. Work had given me a few choices, and I'd originally selected the P10, but apparently those weren't available, so I ended up with the P20 instead. It is a pretty sweet machine, but unfortunately is a bit on the large (and heavy) side. (Large cause it has a 17" screen, heavy because it is large.) And, despite all the extra real estate, it still has a shitty, compressed, strangely arranged, laptop keyboard. *sigh* Why couldn't they have used the extra space to put in a better keyboard?
On the high points side of things, I just had a wonderful 4-day weekend at my parents cottage with a bunch of friends. Some gaming happened, including Iron Dragon, Euro Rails, Bohnanza and Kill Doctor Lucky. (Donna is dangerous in the Lavender room with pinking shears.) We also swam, canoed, hiked and climbed steep hills, cooked and ate a lot of good food, rested, relaxed and all-round had a great time.
And, today, I'm recovering.
I've just spent almost a month in Ottawa, which has been a nice change. Spent the time dealing with issues left from teaching in Germany -- a bunch of product problems and suggestions that I had to track down, deal with, etc. I'm also being/have also been re-orged at work, no change in job -- just a change in reporting structure.
Among the problems I had in Germany was hardware failure from my laptop. Work has, finally, gotten me a new laptop. (I had some bitterness about laptops -- when I started doing training, they ordered a new laptop for me, and my VP decided he liked it, and gave me his old one.) The new one is a Toshiba P20. Work had given me a few choices, and I'd originally selected the P10, but apparently those weren't available, so I ended up with the P20 instead. It is a pretty sweet machine, but unfortunately is a bit on the large (and heavy) side. (Large cause it has a 17" screen, heavy because it is large.) And, despite all the extra real estate, it still has a shitty, compressed, strangely arranged, laptop keyboard. *sigh* Why couldn't they have used the extra space to put in a better keyboard?
On the high points side of things, I just had a wonderful 4-day weekend at my parents cottage with a bunch of friends. Some gaming happened, including Iron Dragon, Euro Rails, Bohnanza and Kill Doctor Lucky. (Donna is dangerous in the Lavender room with pinking shears.) We also swam, canoed, hiked and climbed steep hills, cooked and ate a lot of good food, rested, relaxed and all-round had a great time.
And, today, I'm recovering.
