I cannot see how it works
Some things are not meant to be understood. For example; magic. Not the stuff of myth and legend. The stuff of a pack of cards and an ability to trick the rest of us.
I used to think that it all came down to watching carefully. Even better, if I could just watch it on film, I would figure things out. Not so. Locally, the TV often presents the work of Luc Langevin. And even though I have watched, and rewatched, I have no idea how he does the things he does. To add to the illusion (it is an illusion, right?), he maintains an air of intelligent calm that makes me want to believe. Now, that’s magical.
This was a bad weather day. What the meteo lady on the news refers to as a soup. Snow, drizzle, freezing rain, ice pellets, rain. And we carried on as if nothing out of the ordinary was on the agenda. Elsewhere, the end of the world has been announced for less. Sometime tomorrow morning I’ll have to move more than my share of wet white away, but this too shall pass. We’re only months away from solistice!
Of course, the warned weather meant that a regional meeting took place in our facilities – in the majority by videoconference. I had five sites from up and down the estuary connected for better than six hours, without a hint of problem. Contrast that with yesterday afternoon, when the controlling laptop had a newer version of IE, and the only verdict was imminent failure. Last evening, one of the other techs did a rollback and today was wonderful.
