outside the portland convention center. note the pleasing sky.	home of the trailblazers, portland's rose garden. it was a few blocks away.	public transportation is supposedly pretty decent in portland.
"amazon.com wouldn't fit here". it's hard to tell from the picture, but this "ad" was really, really big!	gratuitous nature shot taken due to lack of other interesting subjects. portland is pretty weak.	imagine this guy when he tells his date where he works.
pleasing beats in downtown portland.	an information-rich sign. 4,456 miles to sapporo? let's go!	roommate for sc99 eric fraser in the portland hilton.
albert "8 hrs of sleep a week" goto, eric "day trader" fraser, and matt "mack daddy" massie before the grand opening.	matt welsh looking psychotic.	fred wong showing off his berkeley now sweatshirt.
rwcp was giving away all sorts of goodies. the thing in the wrapping turned out to be a handy 6 piece screw driver set. yippee!	rwcp people ignoring me.	matt welsh demonstrating the logical extension of the just-in-time-compiler: the just-in-time-poster.
other people soon caught on to the idea. why waste time with shipping?	fishing line and duct tape fixes any problem.	the finished booth. note the cool christmas lights!
eric fraser with badge.	two davids: david bader and david culler. note the pretty seashell necklace from mhpcc,	andrew geweke furiously trying to move his seat into position. we were in the parking lot for at least 10 minutes before he gave up.
matt even gave it a try.	and so did fred.	andrew was quite determined though.
as you can see, we did eventually make it back to the hotel.	more synchronization.	alan mainwaring modelling his shoe for me.
matt massie, fraser's friend eric, phil buonadonna, fred wong, and andrew geweke at some bar. please let me know if you have a picture of massie drinking anything but guinness.	that's real money on the ceiling.	a fine selection of various alchoholic beverages.
they had live music there as well.	what we drank there. beer was too filling after the bad italian food i had that day, so i was boring and had a martini.	fred wong chilling out in the cigar room while drinking louis xiii cognac at $98.00/glass!
fred wong capturing the photo, matt welsh looking quite pleased.	the real reason we go to these academic conferences: cigars and expensive brandy. yeah!	i'm going to print this out and put it up on my office door. this is classic fred!
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