I’ll be leaving tomorrow for England on a business trip for work. The job that we’re doing there seems a lot more “open” than most of my recent work (when I say “open”, read “unstructured”). I’m not really concerned about the success of the trip, but that may be because we have no requirements that I am aware of.

Also, for the first time, I’m there to support someone else’s install, so I’m not really on the hook to get the whole thing working. In this case, the overall responsibility belongs to someone else.

England should be fun, though. For the first time, I’m traveling with a digital camera and a laptop, so keep an eye on this website for pictures. I’ll try to upload them as I get them, so it’ll almost be a real-time journal of my trip. My understanding is that the Internet connectivity where we’ll be in England is going to be spotty, but at least when I’m in Tokyo in June, I’ll be able to upload pictures every evening.

Every time I pack for one of these trips, I always feel like I’m forgetting something. I never have forgotten anything major (although, the last time, I did forget my good shoes), but I’m always worried I’ll forget my wallet, passport, installation documentation, or something that would be difficult to replace. Again, I’m glad that most of this installation is not really my responsibility.

Thomas is going over to a birthday party for the neighbor across the back alley, and I’m working this afternoon on finishing my composter.