Mrs O'Leary's Cow strikes again!

So it's 3:45am on a Monday morning in Chicago and the fire alarm in the hotel goes off.

Grab some clothes, find my passport and wallet, race down the stairs. I help an elderly couple with the husband using a walking frame down the stairs. I can smell smoke, but there are a dozen people around me smoking already.

Fire brigade turn up, a dozen firemen race inside.

Darn, I think to myself. Left my Motorola badge and my camera inside. Besides the passport and wallet, these are the things I should've taken with me.

45 minutes later and the fire brigade decide it's a false alarm. People were smoking in their rooms, someone smelt smoke, and pulled the fire handle in the hallway.

Had a look at the fire engine. They're running the PMDC Client v5.5. My first look at the predecessor to what we're developing actually running in the field. Works well enough to get the fire brigade here. The night mode looks pretty ugly.

Back to the room and email. 4:41am is too late to go back to bed. It will be a long day.

| 19 Jul 2004 | #