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Prop load complete...
Jul. 28th, 2008 09:37 pmThere wasn't much to do today, past the normal support, but a lot of time to do it in. I caught the van from the processing facility at around 8:40 pm, and went directly to dinner. The prop team was in the television room, having a "debrief" (involving beer). Management is arranging a barbecue tomorrow night to mark, among other things, the end of propellant loading.
Elements of management went off yesterday afternoon to enjoy some local color, and ended up back at the hotel quite late after getting lost (!) in the desert. One of the vehicles actually got stuck in the sand to boot, and as there wasn't enough room in the other vehicle for everyone, someone had to be left behind, along with the driver, with the disabled vehicle. (I wasn't assigned to support this activity, but yes, it was the interpreter's job to "take one for the team!").
I left the Eee charging last night and thought I had modified the cron job to run later in the day, but I hadn't. As it turns out, it was a good test of the feature, since I had plugged in the machine in the bathroom (electric outlets are sparse) and the beeping woke me up through a closed door! This will come in handy tomorrow morning, as I've got the "morning duty," which starts at 8 am.
As of a few minutes ago, calling up my work web page in my browser still brings up the Network Solutions "under construction" page, and if this goes on much longer, I stand to lose incoming email sent starting about... hmmm, now. (On the other hand, there's not been a heck of a lot of incoming email of any importance, lately, so there's not really anything to sweat about, technically, though it is disconcerting, from the point of view of commerce.)
I read most of The Peking Target, by Adam Hall, who is perhaps best known for The Quiller Memorandum. I had forgotten just how... businesslike the prose style was, with the gritty undertone to the narrative that Mickey Spillane does, in my opinion, so much better, although the overall effect is still corny. Still, it's an interesting read, and I intend to finish it before retiring tonight.
Cheers...
Elements of management went off yesterday afternoon to enjoy some local color, and ended up back at the hotel quite late after getting lost (!) in the desert. One of the vehicles actually got stuck in the sand to boot, and as there wasn't enough room in the other vehicle for everyone, someone had to be left behind, along with the driver, with the disabled vehicle. (I wasn't assigned to support this activity, but yes, it was the interpreter's job to "take one for the team!").
I left the Eee charging last night and thought I had modified the cron job to run later in the day, but I hadn't. As it turns out, it was a good test of the feature, since I had plugged in the machine in the bathroom (electric outlets are sparse) and the beeping woke me up through a closed door! This will come in handy tomorrow morning, as I've got the "morning duty," which starts at 8 am.
As of a few minutes ago, calling up my work web page in my browser still brings up the Network Solutions "under construction" page, and if this goes on much longer, I stand to lose incoming email sent starting about... hmmm, now. (On the other hand, there's not been a heck of a lot of incoming email of any importance, lately, so there's not really anything to sweat about, technically, though it is disconcerting, from the point of view of commerce.)
I read most of The Peking Target, by Adam Hall, who is perhaps best known for The Quiller Memorandum. I had forgotten just how... businesslike the prose style was, with the gritty undertone to the narrative that Mickey Spillane does, in my opinion, so much better, although the overall effect is still corny. Still, it's an interesting read, and I intend to finish it before retiring tonight.
Cheers...
