Conferences

The third Australian speaker for BSDCan is at least now in North America. Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to be precise. He should be in Ottawa by late morning. I’ve done my email for the day. I left the house at 0715 and its now 0741. I’m not sure what time the medical clinic opens. Their phone number does not give hours. I’ll drive there next.

Sunday – Penguins win game 2! Sunday was busier than I expected. I made it home about 2pm and sat outside with my folks talking to Ted. He’s been our neighbour since I was a teenager and we’ve known him since before that. Some of his daughters had lived in the house before he moved in. I asked Ted about living in Holland during World War 2. His part of Holland, closer to

I’ve been down to Les Suites and booked extra space for three BSDCan people. I’m just now booking a room for a speaker who did not respond with travel details in a timely fashion. I’m not pointing fingers or blaming… but when the conference organizer asks you to provide information that is vital to your travel/accommodation, it is pretty much on your own head to do this promptly. :) I also found out

Do not forget Mother’s Day. I’m at Starbucks. It’s 0833 and I’m processing email again. One attendee has said they cannot attend. I’ve refunded and adusted their registration accordingly. A potential sponsor has become a committed sponsor and I’ve answered their questions regarding how best to get material to the confernce venue on time. I sent off some more travel confirmations for speakers. And some more registration issues. It is now 1018. I’m

I’ve spent the last 3.5 hours going through the PGCon payments and registrations. It went well, despite the situation. I’m still at Starbucks. This is a great place to work from. I just got a phone call from a friend who will be meeting me here shortly. I must go. :)

It’s now noon. I’m caught up on my email. I’ve fixed a small problem with the PGCon website where payments were going to bsdcan.org not pgcon.org. Both wind up with me, but it can confuse someone who does not know the two conferences are heavily connected. I’ve responded to a tutor who wanted to ensure he had the right gear in the room for his tutorial. I’ve assured the vendor that the address

Just after midnight Friday morning, it started. Terrible stomach aches. It lasted all night and all day. It’s now Saturday about 10:30 AM and I still feel crap. I’ve spent most of the past 36 hours in bed. I’m sipping a peppermint tea hoping my gut pain goes away. It’s time to catch up on email.

Thursday – wrapup It is now 2224. I’m in bed. Detroit beat Dallas. Significantly. After leaving Starbucks, St Laurent, I head downtown for the OCUUG meeting. St Laurent you say? Yes. I was at Elmvale Acres shopping center getting my watch fixed. One of the strap pins was loose and the watch kept falling off. It has also needed a new battery for perhaps a year. For the past two days, it displayed

It is now 1642. Lately I have printed badges and invoices for both BSDCan and PGCon. More will be printed later, but this is the bulk of the printing. I’ve been proofing more prints for the PGCon t-shirt. Processed more registrations and payments. Ran to Walmart to purchase some paper for the printer. I struggled with printing badges because of paper jams. Eventually I used the side-feed instead of the paper tray. Things

I was awoken today at 4 AM by a truck reversing. You know those lovely beeping sounds. Hmm. And this was with earplugs. It was loud. By 7 AM, I was in my car on the way to my “office”. So far, I’ve managed to send off a letter of invitation to Australia and another to Texas, check some email, and get started on my list of tasks. I have some PostgreSQL Developer