F-U tility
1/31/2006 11:32:00 AM
Found a nice note on the door as I checked the mail at lunch today: "Dear Customer: While you were away [Um, I was here. I am here all day. I work here.], the following CenterPoint Energy [we don't use you for power] representative was at your address..." blah, blah, blah, a bunch of open check-boxes with empty lines next to them followed by the one box that is checked: "Planned power outage scheduled for" (and hand-written in) "2-1-06 9am-12pm".So, since I was going to skip out early tomorrow anyway to drive D to the airport (she's going to a conference in Orlando tomorrow through Sunday), I just e-mailed my boss and asked for the day off. Otherwise, I'll be spending the morning somewhere with WiFi. Fun!
There actually are a number of cafes around where I could work from, but that's not as fun as a mid-week day off, is it? The sad thing is, I'll probably end up in one of those cafes anyway, since WE'LL HAVE NO POWER. I guess that means I'm putting off grocery shopping until tomorrow so everything I buy doesn't spoil...
What are the odds that they'll actually be done by noon?
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3 Comments:
futility is right!
Well.. does Cingular use EV-DO or GPRS? time to get IBM to pay for a high-speed cell connection! ;)
posted at 12:23 PM
I'm testing a Cingular "high-speed" laptop connection card for our traveling staff. Unless you're 10 feet away from a Cingular tower, don't bother. It's 10 times slower than dial up, and I say that without exagerrating. It took 13 minutes to pull up google. No time out or anything. It uses EDGE/GPRS.
posted at 2:57 PM
Or you could always get your GPS, your bike and head out to make some money!
posted at 12:25 PM
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