This morning I met the tourists at the residence lobby. While there I returned the internet access device that U of O had loaned me. At first, they could not find my ID that I’d left as security. They called me 30 minutes later to say they’d found it. We walked over to the canal and up to Confederation Square. Along the way I gave short talks on the Rideau Canal, Chateau Laurier […]
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Yesterday was the last day of PGCon. The closing session started late and finished early. We didn’t run off an auction. We didn’t have much stuff. We were out of the building within 20 minutes of the talks ending and I was at the Royal Oak pub by 6pm. I stayed until 9:30 or so when David and Emilee and I headed to Dairy Queen for a snack. Home by 10:30 and sleeping
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After my previous post, I headed off to the EnterpriseDB dinner at the Velvet Room. The food was great. The open bar, fantastic. The servers were good at their jobs. I sat with Danielle, Willie, Jan, and Julie. Ours was the first able to eat. I stayed until roughly 11pm, drinking scotch. Home and in bed by midnight. Awake about 7am, just in time for the construction noise to start. I took a
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Day one started at about 5am for me. I was awake, without the alarm. Ready to go. I was out of the house by 5:50 am and into Cora’s by 6:10. On the way I deposited a cheque. Or rather, I tried to. I was at my personal bank, not my commerical bank. DOH. OK, it was early. Breakfast. Check email, off to the SITE building. On the way, stop in at Starbucks
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It is now 10:02pm. I’m home. After my last post, I went down to the Yahoo! sponsored event. The place was packed. All the free drink tickets were gone. I was too late for that. I did get a ticket for the Wii raffle. I didn’t win. I had a beer. Talked with several people. Bought Tom Lane a drink and thanked him for all his help he’s given me over the years.
This morning I awoke at about 7am and left the house about 8am. A stop at Starbucks and I was down at the Tutorial location by 8:15. First major problem. Signage. A sign was left in the tutorial room over night and it was not there in the morning. I contacted the sponsor, found out the printer, and called them. They said it could be here Thursday morning by noon. From New Hamsphire
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It is now 9:43 PM. I’ve just arrived home after signing the contract for the PG Dev Summit tomorrow morning. The sponsor will reimburse me later. I spent 4:30-8:45 PM at the Royal Oak conversing with the various attendees. I paid the bills of two people who forgot to pay their bills. With this, the waitress gets a very large tip. I will collect from the people in question tomorrow morning. This happens
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Today at lunch we had two scavengers. They boldly walked up to the table, took three lunches and walked out the front door. I got the first guy before he left the buildling. The second guy was caught just outside the front doors. Their only comment: we thought they were left over. One of the two guys appeared much older than most students. Instead, said lunches went to the Ottawa Mission, a much
It is now 1126. Nothing to do but wait for lunch to arrive… sometime soon.
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We just had a break. We had no water. I ordered it and had it added to tomorrow’s delivery. One speaker has withdrawn. He did not yet have a visa. As of two weeks ago, he also did not have a plane ticket. History shows that I should expect one speaker to withdraw from each confernce. That happened with BSDCan 2007. This repeated with BSDCan 2008 and now with PGCon 2008. No worries.
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