Tuesday. Our second week in Noto has begun. Our Internet is back to normal this morning, which is slow but manageable. The wireless access point for the house fails every few hours which is rather a problem, but running down the stairs (it is a flight and a half here in this old stone house) …
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January 30, 2017: One Week In, Internet is Out
Monday morning. We started off the day with a double grocery run. First down to the little local market and the panificio next door for the basics. Then Dominica and I hiked down the hill to the big grocery store for more extensive supplies. That takes at least an hour between all of the walking …
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January 29, 2017: Catchup Sunday
Sunday. We were a bit tired today after our exciting day of “seeing people in Noto” that we had not expected yesterday. I had a lot of work to do as I needed to catch up after losing my entire day on Saturday so I was in the office working for much of the day. …
Titanic Project Management & Comparison with Software Projects
Few projects have ever taken on the fame and notoriety of that achieved by the Titanic and her sister Olympic ships, the Olympic and the Britannic, which began design one hundred and ten years ago this year. There are, of course, many lessons that we can learn from the fate of the Olympic ships in …
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January 28, 2017: The Noto Cultural Society
Today is Saturday. We have been in Noto for about a week now. What a week it has been. We are feeling kind of worn out. My day turned out to be one interruption after another. We started off needing to take a hike down the hill to go to the big grocery store down …
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