November 19, 2005
Orlando Preview
This is something I wrote on the first day of the conferance. I thought I would keep on writing offline and post it all here, but then I just happened not to boot my computer for four days and check my email for five days.
At the conference. Finally! They charge $8 for each parking entry. What that means is that if I decide to leave and come back, it will be another $8. Oh....I happen to be an ASME member from University of Michigan, Seattle, Washington. Ooops, that is what my badge said, so I had to go back and get it changed. The lady said, at least my name is spelled right!
I happen to be typing this in a text file at the Dolphin conference center. Will be posting when I get a connection.
The hunt for the net
After one day, I started sufferring from email withdrawl symptoms. So began the hunt for a connection to the virtual world: The Matrix. The hotel I am staying at charges $5 for 30 min access. So out we go. I need some dinner too, so I call Gera and get list of places where wireless is available. I find a Fridays and head there, have a nice dinner and check my mail. Thats pretty much what I did, because they just give you a wireless tablet without a keyboard and you use a stylus to work your way around the painful way. But smart me, what I did was to also check for other wireless hotspots in cafes that I will try tommorow.
On Site internet
Hey, guess what? They have internet on site at the conference. Unfotunately, its only four terminals with IE. People are forming lines to check mail. I meanwhile have completed one presenstion and am waiting for the other one. Lunch was an expensive affair. A $10 sandwich, hmmmm, welcome to Walt Disney World: Happiest place on earth!!!
At the conference. Finally! They charge $8 for each parking entry. What that means is that if I decide to leave and come back, it will be another $8. Oh....I happen to be an ASME member from University of Michigan, Seattle, Washington. Ooops, that is what my badge said, so I had to go back and get it changed. The lady said, at least my name is spelled right!
I happen to be typing this in a text file at the Dolphin conference center. Will be posting when I get a connection.
The hunt for the net
After one day, I started sufferring from email withdrawl symptoms. So began the hunt for a connection to the virtual world: The Matrix. The hotel I am staying at charges $5 for 30 min access. So out we go. I need some dinner too, so I call Gera and get list of places where wireless is available. I find a Fridays and head there, have a nice dinner and check my mail. Thats pretty much what I did, because they just give you a wireless tablet without a keyboard and you use a stylus to work your way around the painful way. But smart me, what I did was to also check for other wireless hotspots in cafes that I will try tommorow.
On Site internet
Hey, guess what? They have internet on site at the conference. Unfotunately, its only four terminals with IE. People are forming lines to check mail. I meanwhile have completed one presenstion and am waiting for the other one. Lunch was an expensive affair. A $10 sandwich, hmmmm, welcome to Walt Disney World: Happiest place on earth!!!
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