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Happy Birthday, wibbble!

Planes are neat to see. It's interesting to be standing in a cargo carrying 727 that's not yet been loaded and get to see the rollers on the floor and the really obnoxiously hot cockpit.

It somehow makes the information systems that I work on feel so much more real when I can see the practical use for them. And yesterday we went to the Air Hub, to see how this part of the business operates. It was fascinating. Not mind boggling, mind, but the sort of thing that appeals to me. I guess in a lot of ways we all have some interest in piloting flying machines. Or at least in the pilots.

Oh sure, why not...

...number of people on my lj friends list 35 (not counting communities)
...whom I've met in person: 16 - I'm not going to list them ... they know who they are. ;)
...whom I've met in person more than once: 12, 13 if you count meeting zoey more than once during that trip down south.
...who have been to my house: 14
...whose precise geographic location I know offhand: 21... could be 22, but well, reefster has fallen off the face of the planet.
...whom I've followed/been in touch with for more than 3 years: 4, but it's getting really close to 6.
...who live outside my country: 22
...whom I've lived with: 3
...who's an ex: 0
...who I'd do: [Left as exercise for the reader]
...who I've done: 0
...who I have a secret crush on: Secret? Me? Keep a secret? *laughs* As if!

Ooh, Reason for Panic?

Actually, here I am, typing up a weekly status report and I move the mouse to hit the save button, when the screen goes blank, the computer blips, the lights go out, and the AC goes dead silent.

Ooh, power failure. Fun, wow!

Course, it only lasted for about 30 seconds, just long enough to mess up anyone who didn't save regularly. Luckily, I did, and so only had to retype 2 sentences.

Still, there's that moment of heartwrenching shock as I wonder what I did that broke the computer ... even though I /know/ better - I mean, I have a degree in comp sci, it's not exactly new to me or anything. But still ... and then it's followed by the adrenaline rush and the disappointment that it didn't last long enough to send me home for the day.

*sigh*

Oh well, back to the grindstone, hmm?