[geeks] desperation is the mother of invention

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Personally, I don't find that idea very appealing.  Well, the internet
access would be kinda nice.  But, I don't want to be going to lectures on
a cruise, whether they are about Solaris, Linux, or cutting edge rendering
technologies.  

Now, I don't have a wife or kids. My sister would go to any conference
like that with me if it meant she got to travel.  She keeps trying to get
me to go to the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Siggraph
(on the New Orleans years) just so that she can go along and see those
places.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Amy wrote:

> i've been trying for about 8 months now to convince the head bitch (that's
> bill, in case anyone has their head in the sand) that he needs to take a
> family vacation. so far, the main problem is that he thinks (rightly so)
> that if he's more than a few days away from his precious machines that the
> sky will fall.
> 
> so, while looking at geekcruises.com it occurs to me that there might be a
> compromise here. geekcruises basically offers weeklong conventions (with
> lectures, etc) on a cruise ship--it has satellite net access--at sea. 
> problem is their cruises arent the most employer-happy or very
> intellectual in the world, at least for a solaris admin (they offer
> a very popular linux cruise but not a solaris one)...
> 
> so i figure, why not pester the guy who does geekcruises to offer a
> solaris based cruise. you single guys could go and mack on the
> unsuspecting single women and the married husbands can semi-rest knowing
> your wives are occupied and pampered. plus, you can see the sights of the
> caribbean in relative style without the fear of going stark raving crazy.
> 
> my question is, would anyone out there find this interesting or
> acceptable? would any of y'all like to lecture on such a cruise? what
> would your wives or kids think? ask them! they *will* make compromises,
> even if they (seemingly) just put up with your hobbies and such.