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Science Fair a success; casualties light

Posted by: Andy Hunt on March 20, 2007

We had a fun and successful science fair at my children’s school last week. I’m pleased to report that casualties were kept to a minimum, and most of the injured have been released in guarded condition.

Repairs to building itself began promptly on Monday, and it should only be a few weeks of minor inconvenience until everything is back to normal.

While I didn’t personally witness the fire in the library, we suspected that cotton balls and an artificial smoking apparatus were involved.

The building-wide power outage was a special treat. At first, we thought the extra large Van DeGraff generator had simply pulled too much current and blown a breaker. But the whole building went dark, not just that one room.

Turns out there was a substation fire downtown that took out our lights (and those of about 40,000 other customers). I was delighted to hear that news, because that meant…

WE DIDN’T DO IT.

Andy Hunt

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Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He authored the best-selling book “The Pragmatic Programmer” and six others, including his latest, “Pragmatic Thinking and Learning”. Andy was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance and authors of the Agile Manifesto, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers.

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