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| Day 6 - Tuesday, 27 August 2002 |
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| Setting: Downtown
New Orleans; includes the hotel (New Orleans Marriott), the convention
center (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center), Bella Luna restaurant
(very, very nice restaurant)
Today's Cast:
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6:00am - The alarm went off. Hurrah for it.
6:23am - Tubby got out of bed; I, of course, was already ready at this point.
6:41am - The shuttle bus hit the hotel and took us to the conference center.
7:12am - After breakfast and the gathering of equipment, we arrived in the lounge, all happy-happy.
10:31am - Tubby was on a conference call (ran for like two hours -- yeah, he's working hard, you betcha), so I figured I'd sneak out of the tote and feature our audience.
12:42pm - Forgoing the random assortment of lunch, we settled on some side snacks (French bread with shredded cheese toasted on top). Quite yummy, but left quite a mess of crumbs. Fortunately, I like crumbs.
2:25pm - Printer P3 needed toner. Jenise (from Dallas) tended to the matter, while the Bald One sat and did whatever it is he's doing.
2:26pm - Julia was called in for the assist. And again, Baldie sits off yonder. The Jenise/Julia Team resolve the issue in no time a'tall.
3:08pm - Just sitting. Just sitting. Whee! Although, it does give me time to keep my activities up-to-date.
4:17pm - Still sitting.
4:43pm - Someone came in with a problem with his machine. It seems the display is next to impossible to see, except at odd angles. So, it seems one of the more gifted folks figured, well, heck, maybe the solution is just to view the screen from a different angle. Yup, voodoo technical fixes. (The resolution came from Kathryn, a user two tables down that just pressed on the case... sorta funny, really.)
5:59pm - The place closes, but Kathy and Tubby end up converging in here for a conference call.
6:42pm - The call having ended, these two exodus to their respective hotels.
7:03pm - We arrive at our hotel, and hit the elevators. At the 10th floor, the Bald One realizes that, being a silly panda, he's left his conference badge on the shuttle.
7:08pm - Back to the lobby in search for a shuttle to take us back and begin the search.
7:09pm - Angela, just an everyday sort of girl, found the badge and was already en route to the hotel anyway... she'll drop it off.
7:17pm - Angela hands over the forgotten badge to Tubby, and we're able to get things moving forward again.
8:02pm - On the way to the lobby for dinner, we hear Alex, Julia and Jenise coming our way. We decide to lay in wait and sneak a picture. (So, no, they weren't expecting us to be there.... hehehe.)
8:14pm - We walk down to Bella Luna, a very nice restaurant in the French Quarter. (So nice, actually, that I was surprised they let Tubby in, particularly with his unique style of dress and the fact he's packing me in a kid's Lego® backpack.)
9:15pm - The networking team presents Alan with a small gift of thanks for helping coordinate all of this.
9:17pm - For his resignation to move onto other pastures, Skip also gets a shirt. Not sure why, but several folks call him "Chip." Odd indeed.
10:15pm - It turns out today is also Alex's birthday, so she gets desert that's slightly ablaze.
10:52pm - Bill did something funny, and then laughed. Then I took a picture.
10:59pm - A team photo. And by fair play, I took a picture of the guy taking our picture.
11:05pm - I can understand separating garbage, and recycling newspapers, cans, bottles... but this is too much.
11:32pm - We arrived back at the hotel, and retired for the evening.