May 2005
Tuesday 24 May
- RUC Expo (10:06) - The expo floor opened tonight, and there was a lot of companies, and bunches of swag. I got the traditional/standard couple of t-shirts, as well as beany animals, radios, and such. The snack bar was good, with hand sandwiches as...
- We knew it would happen (07:03) - Every time my wife and I spend more than a night apart, most of the time when I go visit my mom, or in this case I am in las vegas. Something hits the fan. This time our siding and...
Monday 23 May
- Monday Day one of RUC 2005 (19:32) - Been here since friday,and RUC officially started its sessions this morning. The keynote was pretty cool. They had an a cappella group as entertainment and they were amazing. Especially the beatbox guy. If you get a chance check out Toxic...
- Sunday night (10:41) - Ok, I probably got a good 1000 steps in as my group try to make our way to the other end of the strip. Unfortunately we picked a bit of the wrong way to do. Tip, do not use the...
- Sunday IBM RUC Reception (07:37) - IBM knows how to put on a conference. We took over the Shark Reef of the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas. They served drinks and lots of finger foods, deserts and had some small sandwich stations. The running joke...
Thursday 12 May
- Bandolier!! (15:53) - Where was this when we went to china last year? We could have used it big time! Might come in handy by the end of the year.. Its the Baby Bandolier, by Duds4Dads. It has pockets for baby things,...
- A bit of stargate is upon US! (15:35) - Just found an article out on BoingBoing that refers to a very nasty technology straight out of Stargate. The Replicators have been created.. Very kewl idea, just way to similar to the Stargate enemies :)...
Monday 2 May
- The First Migration: Success! (22:17) - Yet another weekend that I had had some type of work related material to do. For the past month I have been on-call. So I carry around our team blackberry and response to one of about 3 major technology products....