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ARRRGH!!!!!! This was just not my day. Didn't want to go into work but had a meeting or two (well, teleconference), so I went anyway. Cleared out a bunch of e-mail, then tackled a powerpoint for a talk mid-March -- it's not due until the 12th, but I do not know about Internet access after Friday; I've sometimes had trouble in Europe and if what they're offering is Vodaphone I'm not buying.

So, it's really ready to go from the last time I delivered it but I added new material from a Chinese standard (helpfully translated into English). Then I purchased a digital copy of a brand-new American standard (first paper copies appeared at the conference a week ago) but when I download the PDF... 0 bytes. Empty.

And I get pulled into a 6 AM (local time) teleconference with India tomorrow. (Calling from home on this one, and thus the one immediately following.)

Then I try to do my expense report -- oops, missing a receipt (first time in many years) but three charges haven't shown up yet. Dead in the water.

Go home slightly early and... the Linux box won't boot at all. Figured that might happen.

Pulled out the work laptop to go online and... FR was down.

Sigh. Is it Friday yet?