Woo, I got plugged into the power strip two rows ahead. Sharing wireless with bda via firewire, who STILL doesn't have a U Buffalo account. Argh, now the powerstrip is dead. Guy in front of me is investigating. He's also running Windows, as is the guy next to him. It looks like they've abandoned their attempts to get more power, but I'm pretty close to topped off. Jim Brandt gave a good little welcome address, thanking relevant people and pointing everyone at the Kwiki. Then some suit got up, told an old joke about sheep and consultants, and thanked us for giving away software. Allison's getting up to give the State of the Parrot, a "highly secret talk" which is apparently related to a carrot. In fact, "the State of the Carrot." ...but rather than Parrot, it seems like she's reading perlhist while displaying photos of the responsible pumpkings. Alright, I'm just going to skip taking notes of this one. I hope there's time for a drink between now and the next talk.