It has been a long weekend of packing and researching back-up plans as unseasonably warm weather has caused a massive spring flood situation for all northwest rivers. I called our shuttle people (Ruby and Wayne) on Friday and was told that the John Day River was closed to boaters which put a damper on most of the weekend trying to figure out alternative options. This morning I called the BLM and confirmed that that river was ok to run, even at current high levels of 14K. Forecast suggest that levels will be down around 12K by the time we are on the river Friday morning.
With a 9 hour lay over in Tokyo... I've had time to workout, take a shower, a 2 hour nap, eat a fine Japanese lunch in the NWA lounge (no... not the band.... the airline), and now I can catch up on some blogging. We had a great time visiting with the Shanghai team early in the trip, which now seems like a month ago having been in so many cities it's to the point where it takes a minute to remember where you currently are. Anyhow... on to some pics from the Shanghai trip. On our first day, JoAnne and I arrived at 9ish... and stood in the morning queue for the 6 escalators that operate in the building. Here is a view of the MSBNC.com Shangahi office. At 10ish... the Shanghai team gave us a presentation of demos, projects, status, etc. It's an impressive amount of work the Shanghai team does. They have become highly efficient with our processes and now have a good deal of understanding with our technology. They have such a great and energetic ...
This was my first look at the completed MSNBC.com office in Hanoi, Vietnam. They did a great job with the space, lots of windows, roomy, and clean. They even have a small 'gym' in the corner. The MSNBC.com Hanoi Team invited us to their weekly 'Happy Hour' where they eat fruit and have juice. On this special occasion they brought in some sort of champagne and cake. I was nominated to open the champagne... my goal was to not damage the new ceiling tile. Easy does it... Success! The team asked Anna if the could do some 'small' paper crackers. We'd call this something closer to mortar, muzzle-loading indirect fire weapons that can lodge paper confetti in the ceiling tile. BOOM! It was seriously loud. Confetti went everywhere.... and then tracked through the rest of the building throughout the day... I won't be surprised to still be finding this stuff during next visit. A gift from the Hanoi team... and ...
