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April 22, 2005
Spring and RECON 2005
Spring has sprung in the D.C. area, and there are tons of people outside on bicycles, on rollerblades, or just walking. Me? I'm inside most of the time, working on stuff or playing World of Warcraft. Never been much of an outdoors person anyway. Good thing I don't have a dog that I have to walk everyday.
On the other hand, I did take some time last fall to plant daffodils and tulips outside my house. Despite my black thumbs and best efforts, they are actually alive and blooming. That, in itself is much more than I ever expected, so I'm happy. Historically, I've had little success with growing plants. My best experience (sort of) was with a geranium plant that came in a can.
How does this work, you wonder? Well, you pop the lid off the can, water the medium inside, put the can in a sunny window, and in weeks, a green shoot appears. Very easy. So, when the shoots appeared, I eagerly anticipated a blooming geranium in no time.
That is, until I came home from work one day, and noticed that there's no shoot left in the can. This is something that was there in the morning, and about 2 inches tall. Now, there's not even 2 millimeters left of it. However, one of my cats had a very satisfied look on his face. Oops. Hope he enjoyed that geranium salad.
Travel plans are starting to heat up. I will be in Chicago early May for my cousin's wedding. Then, in June, I will be travelling to Montreal along with fellow Syn Ack Labs folks Todd MacDermid and Jack Lloyd. We will be attending and speaking at RECON 2005. Todd and Jack will talk about CUTLASS, and I'm looking forward to talking about honeyclients. I've never been to Montreal, and hear that it's a fun place.
Posted by Kathy at April 22, 2005 08:21 PM