The Aerie
...at the University of Michigan student union.
They have Mac's with OS/X running in the commons for people to use to
check their email.
During yesterday's 11-hour road trip, we passed dozens of trucks with
their company's website listed on the trailer.
And today in the pub restroom, someone had scrawed, "For a good time,
e-mail so-and-so@hotmail.com..."
The world is sure a weird place.
The fellow helping us at Kinko's asked if I knew how to use the
computer that I had requested in order to help design a friend's
business cards. When he told me he was 32, I told him I'd been using
computers since he was seven.
I got a call from a reporter at ABC News in Chicago, following up on a
story the're doing regarding ICANN. This is a followup to my column in
CNet a couple weeks back. Since it just so happens that I'll be
driving through Chicago on Monday, we may end up doing an interview.
Which means I'll need to run out and et a shirt, a tie, and a razor
blade!
I was prevailed upon by my spouse to attend this convention bearing
only a paper notebook rather than a computerized one. I think it was a
good decision, although this entry is testiment to my inability to go
completely cold turkey. Nonetheless it is kind of refreshing to carry
around only a completely losable paper notebook and a pencil.
And I've even gotten a little bit of writing work accomplished. My
story had managed to chase most of the characters up trees and had
begun throwing rocks at them. However not I have to figure out which
will fall out of the trees and upon who they will land. And I've been
able to work some of that out with pencil and paper along the way. So
that's good! If I'd had my laptop, I probably would have exhausted the
battery playing solitaire...
So it's a couple of hours until the con itself begins. I should
probably take the time to fulfill my promise to buy a couple of
gifts...
Meanwhile, I've been on vacation for two days, consumed three beers,
and gotten ten hours of sleep. Relaxation quotient at 100% and
holding...
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Posted by Albatross at November 22, 2002 12:00 AM