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Well I am back safe and sound! Apologies to those who already know eg if you are of the many who have been following me on Twitter, I have been in SF (that=E2=80=99s San Francisco for those of you who don=E2= =80=99t know :-) for a few days with work. However, I must admit the trip was not uneventful. The first disappointment was to find that I had not been booked in as a Business Class passenger =E2=80=93 which is of course w= hat I am used to. I think the secretary at work must have made a mistake because I=E2=80=99m sure that someone on my salary is actually entitled to Business Class. Then, of course, yet another minor inconvenience when I arrived at SFO =E2=80=93 there was no car waiting for me!! Fortunately I = had had the fore-sight to pack the Brompton (=C2=A31750 well spent if ever it was) as hold luggage  - so given that I had only packed a large rucksack as hand-luggage =E2=80=93 there was no real problem. The hotel wa= s 28.3 miles away from the airport =E2=80=93 but I managed to cover it in jus= t short of three hours (2 hour 53 mins 15 secs). I don=E2=80=99t know where = I=E2=80=99d be without my top of the range Velomann 31 function ride computer =E2=80= =93 and an added bonus is that of course it gives seep comparison to average speed/current speed). I think my father  (Dad =E2=80=93 as we call= ed him) =E2=80=93 knew the man who invented it; in fact  I think he probably helped him with the design of it.

Anyway =E2=80=93 the hotel!! I arrived at the Conference Hotel =E2=80=93 to= find that I was not actually booked in there =E2=80=93 but was just round the corner= in something which was very unsatisfactory; - enough said. Well I knew that my meals were included in the conference fees =E2=80=93 but I had no i= dea that I had been booked in the =E2=80=9Clower delegate rate=E2=80=9D and hen= ce I had to take them at Mary=E2=80=99s Diner next to my =E2=80=9Chotel=E2=80=9D which= was not exactly ideal.

I=E2=80=99m not going to cover the conference in much detail =E2=80=93 as t= here isn=E2=80=99t much to say. I was pretty sure that I had been booked in to actually speak =E2=80=93 but it appeared not. I actually found it quite hard to be heard on the fifteen occasions when I asked (or tried to ask) questions from my pre-allocated seat. There were of course microphones =E2=80=93 but the cables just didn=E2=80=99t reach to the last = two rows of the auditorium.

The only other thing worth reporting was the social function on the Thursday night. I had assumed that drinks would be free so hadn=E2=80=99t taken many dollars with me. (I always try to change the absolute minimum in case I lose out when I change them back to GBP). Well they weren=E2=80=99t free =E2=80=93 and let me tell you they were quite expensiv= e. I managed to tag on to a group of other delegates and managed to get away without buying a round=EF=81=8A I was surprised that no-one seemed to know who I was - one person remembered me from a previous conference =E2=80=93 I am not sure why =E2=80=93 but he was aware of my entry on Encyc= lopaedia Dramatica =E2=80=93 so I think we=E2=80=99ll let that go.

Anyway =E2=80=93 all in all it was quite pleasant.

On a different note =E2=80=93 I am going to have a go at =E2=80=9CCloud Com= puting=E2=80=9D. Apparently if you have an IPhone =E2=80=93 you can register with Voucher Cloud =E2=80=93 and that is all there is to it.

Don=E2=80=99t forget to follow me on Twitter:=E2=80=93 and I=E2=80=99ll kee= p all my followers up to date.

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