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Decompression time...
Jun. 23rd, 2002 12:14 pmWell, it worked. Last Friday afternoon, despite a week of sudden changes in network protocols, Legionnaire's Disease and a simulator shutdown, we brought panoramic images back from a remote ATV via wireless connection and displayed them on 15' wrap-around screens in a VR simulator facility. The same as we need to do from Devon Island, in a month's time, except lacking the intermediate satellite connection.
There were tense moments... even Friday afternoon, I wound up in a shouting match outside the building with one particularly panicky-overcontrolling staff member, who refused to listen to instructions. It takes *a lot* before I resort to profane language.... folks came running outside in case we were about to come to blows. But all was forgiven by the end of the day, 7pm... success does that (grin). A relaxed Friday-night date (and mutual backrubs) with B was just what we both needed to decompress after stressful weeks... she's gone back up to Oregon now.
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patgreene and I went over to rmjwell and RA's anniversary party... relaxed and lots of fun. And again probably 20 LJ folks there... I got to meet zyxwvut for the first time, saw firecat for the first time in a long while, and spend awhile in pleasant conversation with zebraartist, lysana (who wasn't well but gamefully showed up anyway) and Bob. My strawberries and various dipping substances were gone in 20 minutes :-). And patgreene was fascinated with gridlore, who was at the center of discussion in the living room... asking me various background questions later... he's not David, in any case (grin).
Then Pat and I went out to dinner for some one-on-one time before retrieving our kids from the sitter... life does not scrape at the moment (smile).
Today, more cabinet refinishing, then pack my tent and personal gear for the Arctic, then in to work again this afternoon (disassembly and packing and writing-up kits and manifests). We'll probably truck everything to Toronto, then charter an airplane to haul our gear and equipment to Resolute. So I'll have fewer rucksacks and boxes when passing through Edmonton, this year :-).
There were tense moments... even Friday afternoon, I wound up in a shouting match outside the building with one particularly panicky-overcontrolling staff member, who refused to listen to instructions. It takes *a lot* before I resort to profane language.... folks came running outside in case we were about to come to blows. But all was forgiven by the end of the day, 7pm... success does that (grin). A relaxed Friday-night date (and mutual backrubs) with B was just what we both needed to decompress after stressful weeks... she's gone back up to Oregon now.
Yesterday afternoon,
patgreene and I went over to rmjwell and RA's anniversary party... relaxed and lots of fun. And again probably 20 LJ folks there... I got to meet zyxwvut for the first time, saw firecat for the first time in a long while, and spend awhile in pleasant conversation with zebraartist, lysana (who wasn't well but gamefully showed up anyway) and Bob. My strawberries and various dipping substances were gone in 20 minutes :-). And patgreene was fascinated with gridlore, who was at the center of discussion in the living room... asking me various background questions later... he's not David, in any case (grin).Then Pat and I went out to dinner for some one-on-one time before retrieving our kids from the sitter... life does not scrape at the moment (smile).
Today, more cabinet refinishing, then pack my tent and personal gear for the Arctic, then in to work again this afternoon (disassembly and packing and writing-up kits and manifests). We'll probably truck everything to Toronto, then charter an airplane to haul our gear and equipment to Resolute. So I'll have fewer rucksacks and boxes when passing through Edmonton, this year :-).
