Back from Belfast
I couldnt have picked a worst date to travel to and from Belfast on Monday. Bush was there too and as you can imagine most roads were closed, people were demonstrating and generally there was a feeling of chaos. I got on a cab to return to the airport late afternoon and the police all of a sudden stopped the traffic. It all came to a standstill. You couldnt go forth or back until the Bush convoy had gone to the airport and gotten airborne. I spent about 90 minutes waiting for Bush to go. It was frustruting listening on the radio of his whereabouts and the people he was meeting. All I was thinking was 'just go'. I really wonder why they cause so much fuss when they can so easily use military airports instead. Anyway, eventually we moved.
The meeting the SAP was really good. I was left with a very good impression of the projects and the work they are doing. I will explore the Extreme-OS project and some other pointers that colleagues pointed out.
more soon...
panos on 06.18.08 @ 12:48 PM gmt [link]
... that would raise so many interesting research questions in the areas of networking and security that i have been looking at. The centralised view of my current project does not leave much room for such questions to be raised and tackled. The more I think about it the more certain I am that I need to change labs soon. Anyway I 'll see if SAP find me interesting and get back to you.