Due
to the constraints of that pesky time-space continuum, there is no way to get
news from the AHR/ASHRAE festivities into this month’s print issue. We regret
this unavoidable little collision between the event schedule and our printing
schedule, but you can always get several immediate reports about what happened
in Dallas from our main website and blog. Of course, this
will no longer be a problem once our crack research team puts the finishing
touches on the ES flux capacitor to allow time travel, a la Back To The Future, or when they discover a way for us to beam
industry headlines directly into your brain via satellite.
When you’re trying to get back in gear after the holidays, one of the rudest traditional hurdles to face is The Dreaded Calendar Flip (TDCF). You’ve just finished being swamped with end-of-year projects, reports, and miscellaneous seasonal tasks ranging from school assemblies to Secret Santa obligation.
In either my first or second AHR Expo, I brought a new pair of dress shoes. That’s a mistake you make exactly once. Yet, we’re getting close to the next pair of AHR and ASHRAE events, so if you’re going, it’s time to start breaking in any footwear you might want to pack, and also to consider how to fill your schedule in Dallas.
"We gave it to the facilities guys, and they couldn't figure it out. We gave it to the IT guys, and they automated the bathrooms."
That sounds like a worst-case scenario that Ken Sinclair might've written a few years ago in his column, doesn't it?
Let's start off with a couple of items of interest you might've missed earlier this year, ranging from the courtroom to what sounds more like science fiction than science.
When Howard McKew started talking to us about reviving a one-day commissioning and TAB seminar for owners, I tossed around a few titles and thought that headline might make a good one.
We have breaking news for you this month, in the form of a limited-space opportunity available to registrants for our gathering this fall in San Diego.
The missus and I enjoy the movies, but we find ourselves watching fewer and fewer of them in the movie theater. Why? Well, the inappropriate talking, the prices, and the having your seatback kicked by some unrepentant kid haven't helped. Heck, if I could find a used theater-quality popcorn popper and then retrofit our sofa with a cupholder, we might never leave the house.