Ownzed

Gah.

Hello from the Renaissance center in Deeeeetroit. My demo is not working. I’m one full cluster build behind schedule, because my demo is not working. I’m having a hard time taking the fact that my demo does not work seriously, given that it does not need to work in order to (a) impress people (b) make sales. Plus, the hotel network is truly screwed up.

I was supposed to hang with this afternoon. Instead, I made my demo not work. Tomorrow, I was supposed to go to the technical sessions and keynotes and actually learn something. Instead, I’m guessing that I will slowly bring my demo to life…and that nobody will give a damn whether it really works or is canned. Gah. This is triply frustrating because I’m so unaccustomed to crap like this. In my day job, the only things that have to work are the things that really matter.

The fact that nobody but me really knows if it’s working or not (I verified this by asking if they could tell, or if it was just me) doesn’t help.

Still, I have a truly glorious view of the city from my room on the 63rd floor. I’m looking along the river. Canada is to my left. I can see the Windsor Casino, just barely, out of the leftmost corner of my window. I am partially clothed, and far too high above the city for anyone to tell. Behold my belly, Detroit. Behold and weep. My proud belly drags the ground.