I’m in Chicago to put signs on doors. No, really.
IBM is setting up a swanky new customer briefing center, where major customers are given custom presentations, attend hands-on technical demonstrations, and are shown proof-of-concept systems. Outside each room will be a video screen. The plan is for each screen to show the room number and [...]
We wake up early, partly because of the 3 hour time zone shift, and partly because our room faces south and gets a spectacular view of the sun rising over the desert hills. We find the café on the casino level: Starbucks coffee, and the biggest bearclaws I’ve ever seen. Once we’re awake we return [...]
I’ve got a Linux box running at work now, so I can start doing some DB2 and WebSphere development. It’s a big black cube the size of a hotel mini-bar. It’s only 200MHz, but makes up for it by having four CPUs and three hard drives.
I’d forgotten how much I hate RPM. [...]
Well, the Apple Store finally opened in the CambridgeSide Galleria. I decided I couldn’t resist the temptation any longer, I had to have MacOS X.
First, though, I had to have more RAM. Apple charge about four times as much for RAM as the going market rate; however, the store was honest enough to admit this. [...]