Flew in from Miami Beach, B.O.A.C...
Alright, it looks like the embedded video worked! So here we go... (I must admit - my partner-in-evangelism crime, Bob Donlon, inspired the embedded vids!)
So, here's how it goes. Fly in from the US, land @ Heathrow. Do the bag thing, customs, get picked up by a local colleague, and head to the office to begin the task of building out 20 machines (10 Mac/10 PC) for a three day series of workshops, in-house seminars, and training.
Naturally, it would be optimistic to think that the machines are fully-updated, ready to go...but alas, they weren't. And now we begin the process of updating the OS, adding little pieces of necessary utilities here and there, and copying massive project files, installers and more from machine to machine. It's a long process, but we know it'll be done right. Here's a short vid at the 'beginning' of the install process, about 1 hour in...(already looking very post-plane)
Again, I apologize for shooting into the light (uh...hey dude, you're shooting into a window!)...but you'll just have to forgive me. I was, after all, still suffering from plane-dementia. ;)
It's at this point, save for the occasional coffee break, (uh...did I say occasional?? we're talking massive amounts of coffee all throughout the day here) there's really no breaking it all...it's just gung-ho setup time, and we're hoping to get it all done by evening's end...
That being said, there are two things at play here: one, and the most obvious, is that even though I seldom suffer from jet-lag anymore, it's bound to catch up with me (having just flown in!)...The other issue here is that we've been literally camped in this fair-sized, but heavily heated room (thanks to dozens of machines, monitors, hard drives, overhead-lights, and general other factors) for nearly 9 hours. Will the machine-heat and general 'haze' of staring into computer screens for hours-on-end take it's toll?? See below...
Well, could I look more worked?? Geez! I look like hell! I can't even believe I'm posting myself LOOKING that way? (can you say, narcissist? lol) I mean...goodness gracious. Oy! It's so-o-o bad, I might have to post a 'good' pic, just to boost my self-esteem...
But in all seriousness, it's now 10:30pm London time, and all is well. Machines are done, everything rocks, and Production Premium CS3 is going to blow people away. Period.
I've got the camera with me for the next 5 weeks...this should be fun. Also, I keep forgetting to post the actual roadshow dates (Belgium and Luxemburg coming up)...I'll get those and post real soon.
Until next time...
Blog On. (Metal Guru, is it true?) Bolan, 1972.