I hadn't gotten to a LISA conference since
2002, but this year
I decided to go, in large part because it was taking place in
San Diego. It was an okay
time, really; but I wish I had had somebody to hang out with, as I had
with Ray in previous years. *sigh* The changing political climate was
also annoying, with
LOPSA trying to
replace
SAGE as the primary sysadmin
organization. And it was cold, at least for San Diego. Oh well. I still
saw plenty of people I knew, and got to see my Uncle Bil for the first
time in a decade...
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Lame Free Stuff Table
It's fliers! Fliers, and free stuff that they already gave you in the sign-up packet! Whee!
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Food Table
In between sessions, sysadmins are hungry.
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Question and Answer Board
All sorts of random questions got asked on these boards, and sometimes the answers were serious.
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Laptop Room
I was in here quite a bit, and in the terminal room more. And I was extra careful to use encrypted sessions.
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BoF Session Lists
I ran one of these! Five people showed up! Whoo!
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LISA Bingo Spinner
When you filled your Bingo card (by getting key LISA figures to sign it), you got to spin the spinner and get Free Stuff.
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Sign-Up Booth
Umm...we signed up here? I got nothin'.
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Break Time, Outside
You can tell it was cold because you could see the ground.
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Sysadmin Cliques
Really. I'm not kidding. These people didn't talk to those not in their group, and I would have been in trouble if I tried to sit over there...
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Christmas Lights
A lot of effort had been put into their lights.
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Christmas Lights, II
It's not much on a percentage basis compared to some houses, perhaps, but this complex was large...
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Christmas Lights, III
You can see these things when you're flying into town.
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The Reception
Sun sponsored the reception. I like Sun.
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Balloons
Okay, so the best thing to take pictures of were the balloons.
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LISA Babes
The trick is that the women were *wearing* the balloons...
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Dinner
Real chef outfits mean real chefs, yes?
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Gaming Tables
This was the other point of the reception; not that I was really all that excited about it...
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Balloon Girl
The sceptre was pretty neat.
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Balloon Guy
This was the guy actually doing the work.
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Baloon Supply
This is what he was working out of.
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Balloon Guy, VI
And he adds a candle... oh, it's a birthday cake!
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Neck Guard
Definite;ly
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Birthday Hat
I believe the point was that it was his birthday. I didn't really stick around long enough to confirm that, though.
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Dealing Out
I really should have at least played a little bit.
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Little Girl with Sceptre
Methinks she's the real target audience of the baloon guy.
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Uncle Bil
My Uncle made a point to get down and see me while I could. It was great to see him!
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Uncle Bil, II
He seemed far more comfortable with the sunglasses on.
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