Archive for January 16th, 2009

Loud house

I forgot to mention that with the incredibly low temperatures, the house is making a whole bunch of really loud sounds. Anna and I were woken up last night with bumps and sanps we’d never heard before.

This morning on the way to the gym, the car’s temperature showed it was 25 degrees (probably the temp the last time I drove it) – it was 7 by the time I made it three blocks then zero by the time I hit the traffic light (about six blocks) then -6 by the time I made it to the gym. That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen the car thermometer drop; I guess Newton’s Law of Cooling applies in the extreme when it’s like this.

Updates…

Well, it was -8 degrees this morning, supposed to be -13 tomorrow. Horrible cold.  Furnace broke twice in the last couple of weeks.  Logs going on.

Contacted one of my friends at Binary Tree yesterday. Got a chance to apologize for the way things ended up. I tried to contact him right after the event, but he wasn’t in the mood to hear from me. I’m glad everything is OK between us; he’s been a friend for a long time.

Heard from my friend Laura – it had been quite a while since I talked with her. It was great to hear some of the cool things she’s doing.

I took my Lotus Domino Developer Certification Exam this afternoon. I registered for the wrong test, so it took a lot longer than I’d expected. I wasn’t very prepared for the test, but I passed – that’s all that matters. I’ve now been a certified Lotus Notes developer since version 2 all the way through 8 – I think I got my Notes 2 certification in 1993?  Can’t remember, but it’s been a very long time. I’m trying to find out how many people are left that have certifications going back that far (there wasn’t a Notes 1 certification).

It’s time to start planning for Lotusphere (it’s next week). Always bittersweet for me. I met Anna at the conference, but I also learned my mother had passed while there. It’s year #14 for me for the event, only a few have attended more. I’m looking forward to hanging out with some of my old friends next week.  I hope I’m up for it – I’ve been sick all week, I hope I can still party!

Trying to finish chapter 4 of the book. Should have it done by Sunday night. I’ve got some friends reviewing it as I go and I hope to hear from the publisher soon.

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