Well that was fun. I managed to run the gauntlet of solicitors at Beijing airport, offering “cheap taxi” and “cheap limo” rides, “help you sir ?” and “where you go ?” questions abounded. I politely but firmly refused all kind offers (I had been warned about this) – and eventually found my way to where … [Read More »]

I’m off to Beijing this time – via Hong Kong. Teaching the class that I attended the other week in Chicago. First time reteaching new material is always fun (and I don’t necessarily mean that literally) – we get to find all the quirks in the material and we usually go in not being 100% … [Read More »]

This trip to Chicago I stayed at the Hyatt Regency – a choice made basically by checking hotels that were reasonably close to IBM and which had broadband access in their rooms (it seems that most of them do now in that part of Chicago). Also, being a Hyatt Gold Passport member helped the decision … [Read More »]

I sent a couple of emails while on the flight home from LA to Sydney ! If I had my email interface to my blog set up, I would have written a blog entry directly ! The email system is actually provisioned by the new SMS facility on Qantas international flights (business and first class … [Read More »]

So far, I’ve found the following information about the world’s highest publically accessible observation decks… 1. CN Tower Sky Pod, Toronto, Canada – 447m 2. Sears Tower Sky Deck, Chicago, USA – 412.4m, (level 103 of 110) 3. John Hancock Observatory, Chicago, USA – 313.9m (level 94 of 100) There may be others higher than … [Read More »]