Dragons byte

Apparently, you can rent this lovely piece of engineering – flat back wheel and all. It only has three wheels, so the flat one can’t improve the handling at all.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No Photo today – maybe later. I just upgraded the software running the blog to WordPress 2.0, not much is likely to change as a result.

— UPDATE 18:20 —Whoops, guess the site is going to change… clicked on a different theme and decided to go with it for a while. Worked out how to update the polaroid image with some help from here.

— END UPDATE —

On the other hand, something likely to cause major changes are the stuff that is happening in real life. I’ve resigned at Virtek, and will start a new job in January with a company called Navtech. No travelling required, but I switch to 12 hour shifts and a continental schedule (days – 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off, repeat for nights). Shifts run from 8 to 8, which seems reasonable to me.

The last few weeks have been a little hectic at Virtek – trying to get as much as I can wrapped up before leaving. I hit Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow, Dallas/Fort Worth, Rome and Lisbon before Christmas. It’s really the first time in ten years of travelling that I wound up with jet lag. I’m chalking it up to my ankle – I’m still rebuilding the muscles, and travel puts a heavier than normal load on it when I’m lugging my laptop bag around airports and areospace plants.

Got a few decent shots in Rome that I’ll start uploading tomorrow (or later today if I get a chance). Didn’t get too many shots elsewhere, not enough time, or light.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas. In case I forget to mention, it looks like Chicago for New Year’s. A little chilly, but lots of stuff to do. With any luck, I’ll actually be able to take pictures there.