| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
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7:10p |
OMW to DXB to pick up @mizka arriving at 5:40am. *yawn* |
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11:09a |
@mizka joining me in Dubai tomorrow. Will be nice being with my wife as well as having moral support in the chaos that is my apartment setup |
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4:06a |
USB ports on Macbook Pro dead. FAIL #flist |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
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8:50a |
Signed up for phone and Internet, found money bank had lost, bought treadmill, bought printer/fax, fixed leaking pipe - productive day |
| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 |
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1:27p |
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11:20a |
iTunes Genius Mix just cued up Love on Your Side by the Thomson Twins - flashback to high school clubbing drinking Moscow Mules & Gin Fizzes |
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5:50a |
Got a 3G mobile USB data thingie from etisalat and suddenly feeling connected and a bit more "local" |
| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
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3:47p |
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12:39p |
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7:47a |
Italian pilot and Japanese and Serbian chief pursers on this Emirates flight. Interesting mix. |
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7:41a |
Two flight attendents out of two so far have spoken to me in Japanese on my Emirates flight from Rome to Dubai... |
| Thursday, December 17th, 2009 |
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11:53p |
Time to start packing. A few phone calls, then off to FCO to catch my flight back to Dubai. Italy, as always, was amazing. |
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1:01p |
On a panel after my talk trying to understand the political context through translation... |
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4:57a |
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4:54a |
Cheesy American Christmas music blaring outside while I try to think about "Open Innovation and Italy" feels like a DOS attack on my brain |
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3:02a |
Working on my presentation for today trying to get my head around the "Italian context" |
| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 |
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10:00a |
Blaring American "consumery" Christmas music coming from outside of my hotel room window in Rome is really distracting |
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6:07a |
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| Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 |
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10:10p |
Phone bill for board call was more expensive than hotel room. VoIP banning FAIL #flist |
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9:34p |
Found Macbook's at DXB duty free but not separate power units. FAIL #flist |
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9:21p |
Forgot my Macbook Pro power supply in Dubai. looks like necktie not only thing I need to buy in Rome. FAIL #flist |
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8:33p |
In car OMW to DXB. Only 6 more flights this year if everything works properly. |
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7:37p |
Starting to remember where I am when I wake up by the smell of the hotel room I'm in |
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7:08p |
I think I'm supposed to wear a necktie but I lost it along my trip somewhere |
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6:50p |
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