September 2006

Day 388: Swamped, But Not Without News

September 20, 2006

Aaaah, the ever-giving cornucopia that is my office, life and travel calendar! Another work deadline, SEG conference, UW G&G-related travel, Krewe du Vieux Brewe Doo and preparing for it. All while the internet squelch continues at homebase. Some updates: The Problem With Cox: It turns out that the recent city-wide Cox internet upgrade works only [...]

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Day 386: Dog Day Afternoon

September 18, 2006

The long post about this past weekend is dead. D-E-D, dead, gone, teats up. Damn you, Cox, I hope your passage through hell occurs at the same speed with which my email now downloads – slowly and painfully. Let’s test my short-term memory, shall we? Dog poop. I should had had some idea of how [...]

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Day 384: Woe Be To Cox

September 16, 2006

The geek dinner with Earthlink’s corporate blogger, Dave Coustan, could not have come at a better time. What started as “upgrades” on Tuesday has left my house with a dwindling internet connection. My blogposts and email are now dispatched via the equivalent of a choppy 56K connection, creating a huge backlog of unposted pictures and [...]

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September 15, 2006

September 14, 2006 – Day 100 + … whatever. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work,” said Peter Drucker. It’s been 381 days since Katrina; we shouldn’t have to wait another four months to witness the implementation of the resuscitated BNOB plan, which was drafted soon after Katrina. Let’s get [...]

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Day 382: Geek Dinner With Earthlink’s Dave Coustan Tonight

September 14, 2006

As mentioned earlier this week, Earthlink’s earthling, Dave Coustan, is in town.  Alan and I invite you to welcome him and chat about city-wide wireless, other communication technology suitable for New Orleans and whatever else comes up.  So, we proposed an Impromptu Geek Dinner. Where: Rocky’s Pizza on Magazine St. [map] When: 6:30pm So far, I have Positives from [...]

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Day 382: Weekly Science News

September 14, 2006

Hurricane On The Bayou A field trip to the aquarium!  Last afternoon, my co-workers and I watched Hurricane On The Bayou as a team.  The IMAX movie, underwritten by Chevron (no less), is narrated by Meryl Streep and stars Tab Benoit, Amanda Shaw, Alain Toussaint, Chubby Carrier and Marva Wright with their music.  The stiffness (and ultimate utter [...]

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Day 381: A Few Words With Ray Nagin

September 13, 2006

C. Ray Nagin performed an appearing act at One Shell Square in the CBD today. He toured the facilities (including a visit to the virtual reality center I once ran) and held court before a jampacked audience of Shell employees. Starting with a five-minute overview of the city’s progress over the last few months (nothing [...]

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Day 381: Find Johannes A Vacant Knee, Fellas!

September 13, 2006

Considering they just staged Oedipus For Kids (“introducing Sophocles’ bloody tragedy to children”), Gutenberg! The Musical! is not too far-fetched for the New York Musical Theatre Festival.  I kid you not. Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1450, so Bud Davenport and Doug Simon wrote a musical about him and they’re bringing it to Broadway. [...]

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Day 381: This Weekend’s NOLA Social Events

September 13, 2006

Aaah, I missed wearing the Social Maven hat. September 14 (Thursday) – Dinner with Dave Coustan – time and place as yet unknown – contact Alan G. or Maitri for more details September 15 (Friday) – In the AM, Maitri ventures into the exurban wilds, i.e. Veterans in Metairie, and tackles Home De(s)pot to purchase [...]

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September 12, 2006

September 12, 2006 – In this video clip, Denis Leary rescues us from a fate worse than baseball on TV - baseball commentary on TV.  Leary, in the Red Sox broadcast booth, takes on Mel Gibson and gives major props to the New Orleans Fire Department.  Check it out.  (Thanks, KF!) Tweet

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