Mundane Uniformity.

The customer that I'm visiting up here in New York has leased some classic IBM office space for itself here in Endicott. Its exactly as I recall it from the plant in Austin. My office is Building 257-4U104. I'm almost willing to bet its listed in Google Earth under those coordinates. The interior hasn't been changed a bit - same room numbers, the IBM standard lettering on the doorplates, the interior offices, and even the same phones and 'no camera' signs as we had in Austin. The exterior is horrific as all the 60's era plants seem to be. The environment is dreary, and the coffee was burnt. I need VPN access, and quick. More on the team later on.

My second night in "Southern Tier" New York was somewhat sleepless. I got to work out in the hotel exercise room; the YMCA here would have let me in, but I got there at 8:20, and they closed at 8:30. The sidewalks roll up early here. I was a bit late having gone to dinner with my Systinet colleague. While there's feet of snow north and south of here, we're just getting flurries. I'm counting my blessings for that.