at 17:00 the business part of my business trip to the US is over. the car service picks me up on the dot and it’s “going home!” now. again, i’m glad that i don’t have to drive: traffic is dense … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2006
rich people don’t read…
when i return to my hotel room it’s quite a bit chilly, mucking around with the controls of the air conditioning system does raise change the target temperature — but leaves the AC system impressively unimpressed. the reception promises to … Continue reading
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a weird taxi ride
it’s 17:50, it’s quite cold, i’m outside the IBM hawthorne lab, waiting for the taxi that i called 20min ago to arrive — “give me 5min and he’ll be there” was the taxi dispatcher line…hmm…the taxi finally arrives, i get … Continue reading
getting up “early”
it’s 2:00 in the morning, i’m waking up. my body is still thousands of kilometres away and thinks that now is a really good time to get up and go to work — sigh, my problem is that in contrast … Continue reading
in-flight entertainment: the da vinci code…
the inflight entertainment system has among other movies the da vinci code — as i’ve read the book and some secondary literature but have never seen the movie i decide to give it a go. unfortunately, lunch is served concurrently, … Continue reading
a short night, a long flight, american “guinness”…ugh
having come home yesterday night shortly before midnight (that IC train between nĂĽrnberg and stuttgart was running 20min late, causing me to miss the connecting CIS in stuttgart with an ensuing 2hr delay i got up again at 6:00 in … Continue reading
follow the rotary club, action at the castle, some shopping :-)
after a peaceful and quiet night we enjoy a leisurely breakfast at no 10 b&b and then start on our rotary walk around stirling. it takes us down gladstone place to the king’s park which was confiscated by the crown … Continue reading
dundee, a trip to antarctica (almost), & stirling
14429 the weather this morning is one of brilliant sunshine. we have a quick breakfast (having swapped the walking boots for our normal street shoes yesterday evening the last time on this walk) and then take a taxi out of … Continue reading
tea at leuchars church, a fantastic walk through tentsmuir, & the end
having slept not too well (i never do when having to use silicone earplugs) we have an interesting breakfast (my breakfast menu dates back to the birthday party of mr dunbar on the 16th september, mrs d’s breakfast menu is … Continue reading
visiting st andrews university, a printer run, a busy roundabout
today takes us to leuchars…well, kind of. at 10:00 i’ve arranged to meet with colin allison from st andrew’s school of computer science, and from 14:00–15:00 i’ve agreed to give a seminar on our mobile computing research projects. after breakfast … Continue reading
a day in st andrews
after a peaceful night and a good sleep we are out of our b&b by 9:30 and on our way to church — ms l had “recommended” that we attend service at the church of scotland’s st salvator’s chapel which … Continue reading
