I made it back from Phoenix, and somehow the 93 degree weather in Albuquerque seemed really mild and nice compared to the 116 I left in Phoenix. Yowch. Anyway, my talk went quite well and I really enjoyed the conference. Met some great people and had a lot of fun. Also managed to get some important elbows rubbed that shouldn't cause my near-term carreer any harm.
I'm at home just for tonight, unpacking my conference attire and expo winnings and repacking for a week of road-tripping and a week of goofing off in New England. In the morning I'm swapping rental cars (from the deluxe lab-funded one to the tiny corn-burner that I'm renting to drive across the country). Next likely internet connection will be from Lincoln, Nebraska, courtesy of Cap'n A-ron.
Could the gas prices suck any more for a cross-country road trip? How about the heat index? Damn.
We're still living in the stone age here in Lincoln with the hott dial-up action at our house (no cable on the TV either). However, a friend of mine has brought over his laptop with wireless in it and snagged a signal that's spitting out in our neighborhood somewhere, so you might be able to get some leach action on that... Heh.
The two days you're here look like they're gonna be the hottest ones of the week at about 97 and 98 respectively (with probably about 60-70% humidity each day). So yeah, the suxxors will continue in the heat index department.