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When I woke this morning I was tired, but could not press snooze. The water to my apartment block is being disconnected for eight hours today, and I did not want to be covered in soap and shampoo when that happened.

At work today I had a meeting that I organised three months in advance – just so I could get all the people I needed together in a room. The two most critical people had to pull out at the last minute for different reasons, so I had to cancel the meeting.

On top of that my Skypephone died over a week ago, in-so-far-as the screen works until the keypad locks, and then it shows various incarnations of garbled images. I am using my old phone, but the microphone doesn’t seem to be what it used to, and people complain they cannot hear me. This is also why I am not always online with Skype at the moment.

But my phone is still under warranty and with any luck I will get it back by the weekend. Then I will be back online on Skype all the time. 3 were very good, not caring that I didn’t have a receipt for the phone.

The missed meeting meant I could attend a seminar, saving me from an extra assignment.

I rebooked the meeting and found a time everyone was able to make it next week – a far cry from the three months of my last attempt.

And Nina and I are currently writing up an experiment on how attitudes to risk affect (effect?) the value people place on software requirements. We have been planning to submit this to RefsQ 2009 for some time, and just saw the call for papers today. The special theme for the conference will be Values and Risks, so we think we might just be able to position our paper appropriately …

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