Well – another day out of office. But this time, not my fault

Spent the morning attending the IPv6 Forum Global Summit being held here in Bangalore. Got to butt heads with some truely outstanding people who care deeply about the issues that led to the development of IPv6, and who are seriously committed to getting the world to switch over ASAP.

If the morning was all about network, the afternoon was all about notworking. Office informed me that our area was without power, and was unlikely to see any for the rest of the day. UPSs were drained, and by 3pm, the office shut down when even the EPABX died.

Headed home, since there was power there and Avi and I could dial into the net to get some work done.

Nice try. Within an hour of our reaching home, the power went out there, too.

Now we all know that when the going gets tough, the tough….

… go to bed.

That’s what I did. Crashed out by 3pm and when I next looked at the watch, it was 7:30pm. Power had still not come back. It eventually did at around 8:00pm, but the day was shot.

Didn’t play any music today, not did I do anything post-lunch that could be termed “productive” in even the most liberal usage of the word.

However, on the home front, there has been some action. No, not the den (still waiting for another carpenter), but our landlord has not only decided that he should provide us with a borewell – he swung into action and it looks like we will have one over the next couple days! This is serious good news – the water problems out here are not funny. And with the landscaping and garden development going on, we need lots of water.

Also learnt that Sabrina Setlur is in Bangalore this week. Maybe I will get to meet her. Would be fun.

The new FabMart is now active. Looks good, much easier to use, but as can be expected, chaos I guess it will take a few days for them to get it all right. The best feature I can see right now is the fact that you can publish your wishlist – makes it easy for people to pick a gift for someone whose birthday is coming up Real Soon Now (hint! hint!

However in its current form, this feature is useless because if you use it, it publishes your email address – which is (of course) a complete no-no. I hope they fix it soon.

Bah, it’s midnight, and I am not in the least bit sleepy. I can see that I am going to have a tough time getting back into normal sleep-cycle mode

Maybe I’ll head for the garage and play some music. On the other hand, I have to live in this neighbourhood for a while. So better not