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Sep. 4th, 2003 07:34 amNothing like a nice dish of crow for breakfast... sorry, Bryan!
Sep. 4th, 2003
minor LJ annoyance
Sep. 4th, 2003 07:48 amThe algorithm used for tallying comments posted/received has been changed sometime over the past few months. One's responses to others' comments in one's own journal are now counted as both "posted" and "received", instead of only the former. This has had the unfortunate effect of suddenly inflating my "received" total, pushing it past the "posted" total.
So now it looks like I'm a net LJ drain, parasitically drawing in more inputs than I'm generating comments in return. A minor annoyance, granted, but I dislike looking like I'm not-pulling-my-weight online...
So now it looks like I'm a net LJ drain, parasitically drawing in more inputs than I'm generating comments in return. A minor annoyance, granted, but I dislike looking like I'm not-pulling-my-weight online...
179 miles and 5 meetings
Sep. 4th, 2003 08:02 amTime to get ready for work... must fill up the car again, after lots of driving around yesterday. After another 2-hour-plus telecon about the upcoming deployment to Spain, I drove 84 miles roundtrip for a very pleasant lunch with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dawnd. Then sat in another meeting regarding requirements for remote-science software... hopeforyou was mysteriously late, which turned out to be due to her 2pm meeting running an hour late.
She literally staggered in as we were dispersing... ashen-faced and disoriented. Seems similar to the same syndrome that hit her about the same time last year (due to an inner-ear infection). I wonder if she has an airborne allergic reaction, this time of year. Anyway, the NASA clinic was closed at 4:30pm, so I figured that the best strategy was to drive her home to SF (another 86 miles roundtrip). I sawsinboy fleetingly as I dropped her off... this was also the first time I'd been to House Dreamland since their SF housewarming party, so I'd forgotten the directions to there.
Arriving home after fighting US101 southbound traffic, I gulped dinner and headed off again to "Back To School Night" at Kevin's classroom (a mere 9 miles roundtrip, but congested around the school). I'm dubious about his situation... he is seated furthest from the teacher, with those kids with the greatest disabilities seated in front. Which makes sense, but the level of instruction is below his abilities and he's already complaining about boredom at school.
Then, after jumping-to-conclusions online, I worked on slides for JL until about 2am before heading to bed.
dawnd. Then sat in another meeting regarding requirements for remote-science software... hopeforyou was mysteriously late, which turned out to be due to her 2pm meeting running an hour late.She literally staggered in as we were dispersing... ashen-faced and disoriented. Seems similar to the same syndrome that hit her about the same time last year (due to an inner-ear infection). I wonder if she has an airborne allergic reaction, this time of year. Anyway, the NASA clinic was closed at 4:30pm, so I figured that the best strategy was to drive her home to SF (another 86 miles roundtrip). I saw
sinboy fleetingly as I dropped her off... this was also the first time I'd been to House Dreamland since their SF housewarming party, so I'd forgotten the directions to there. Arriving home after fighting US101 southbound traffic, I gulped dinner and headed off again to "Back To School Night" at Kevin's classroom (a mere 9 miles roundtrip, but congested around the school). I'm dubious about his situation... he is seated furthest from the teacher, with those kids with the greatest disabilities seated in front. Which makes sense, but the level of instruction is below his abilities and he's already complaining about boredom at school.
Then, after jumping-to-conclusions online, I worked on slides for JL until about 2am before heading to bed.
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Sep. 4th, 2003 01:31 pmBorrowed from a friend...
( more notes to self, runinations on deeper motivations and things. Probably tedious to most people )
( more notes to self, runinations on deeper motivations and things. Probably tedious to most people )
Things change...
Sep. 4th, 2003 08:42 pmAn astronaut friend of mine was just named NASA's new Chief Scientist. He's got a strong background in both astronomy and IT, so will make an excellent choice.
On the one hand, now I have a friend in a high place... on the other hand, no more launch invitations or help with my own application. And he's giving up a flight role for a desk job... hmm.
On the one hand, now I have a friend in a high place... on the other hand, no more launch invitations or help with my own application. And he's giving up a flight role for a desk job... hmm.
