Free trip!
Woo-hoo! I found out today that I won a free trip to San Diego for the next 2 days. So I'll be leaving Tuesday morning and coming back hopefully sometime Thursday evening. The only catch is that it's work-related, so I probably won't see the sun or sky at all, unless it's a mis-textured sky in the Plane of Storms.
Anyway, props to the guys at SOE for coming up with a unique solution to one of the big issues we've been facing. I'll be loading up my car with my PowerMac and all my tools, and preparing to redefine "mobile computing." Sadly, this experience points out a rather blatant deficiency with my iBook - its weak onboard Rage128 won't cut the mustard when I'm on the road. Oh well, here's to hoping that Apple announces a new 15" PowerBook with a manly video card next week.
This is turning out to be quite the busy month here at the ranch. Glenda and Suellen are currently in town, Beth's best friend was in town last weekend, Beth's mom arrives on Wednesday evening, I leave for San Diego today, then come back Thursday, go to Tucson on Friday, then leave again Sunday for WWDC, then come back again just in time to watch Beth leave for a wedding back east. Phew!
In other work-related news, I was on EQ and had what qualifies as the most interesting bug report ever. It seems that a somewhat starkly-dressed female rogue barbarian was told that you could see her "goodies" if she crouched down. Never one to turn away from a beta-tester in need, I zoned to her location to check out the situation for myself. Turns out there was...uh...nothing to be seen, other than a very nicely stitched pair of plaid undergarments that matched her kilt. Rest assured that if this pops up again, I'll get to the bottom of it. An interesting twist - I was able to reproduce a freeze I'd been tracking down in the EQ client shortly after peeping.