Lecturers' Embarrassments

A recent conversation with some Faculty at the School brought back memories of good and bad experiences that lecturers frequently have, including fiascos when, in the old days, Ektachrome Carrousels got lost in the airports and you discover, one hour before your presentation, that the slides are in their way to Timbuctu , thousands of miles away from you, or when you forgot to turn off and return the wireless microphone you used during the presentation and everybody in the conference room listened your (unsuccessful) flirting efforts in the lobby, or when in the middle of a conference, a lecturers’ bipper announced, loud and clear, that your wife finally got that tiny nurse uniform he always wanted you to wear to spice up your marriage (not to mention the whip). What about wardrobe malfunctions?

Just for fun, or maybe because you could learn one or two tricks to avoid this kind of embarrassments, especially those related with Information technologies, look on Dan Tynan’s December 17, 2008 note posted in PCWord: Top 10 Tech Embarrassments You'll Want to Avoid. One of these days I will make my own list; when I don’t feel ashamed, maybe.