10/24/2006: "Next GOLD outing"

I am in the process of finalising the reviews for my WS book as well as planning my next conference trip. I am demonstrating our GOLD software (along with colleagues) at the supercomputing conferece in Florida on the 11th of November. I will be spending about 7-9 days there as I will be meeting my colleagues from MS Redmond too to discuss a project proposal. It will be my 4th trip to the states in a matter of months and unlike the other times I am not feeling 100% up to it. Still when duty calls one has to respond. It may also be a good opportunity to visit Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy space centre. I will not catch any launches unless they severly delay the rocket launch planned for tommorow or bring the shuttle mission due on the 7th of Dec. forward. Still it will be a good experience. Couple of friends that i havent seen in a long time are visiting from Greece next week and i look forward to spending time with them. Weekend was also good, spent with familiar faces and colleagues.

btw, here is a game i found utterly annoying but couldn't stop playing. :-) Will write again soon.