Yesterday, about a half hour before the deadline, we demonstrate the complete working Hamster system to Dr. Flight. We were ready earlier, of course, but Dr. Flight was busy, then he was gone, then he was busy again, then he had to eat a snack. Finally, still chewing, he comes into the lab and we point out all the features: synchronized data, weather station integrated into the interface, etc. Ratso spins the anemometer and wiggles the weathervane so he can see the little gauges on the interface jump.
"Okay."
He leaves.
"Well, that was the most anticlimactic thing ever," says Ratso.
"Well, I sat in on the demo by last year's team. It lasted a lot longer because their version wasn't working," I tell him.
126 words | May 4, 2005 09:20 PM | Ivory tower