A Conference, and more

Today

Today I have to write some software for a client in WA. This has been dragging on, and I don’t like that. Other things in my life have been distracting me in the last few months, but I need to get this done. So my aim is to get this at least partially finished today. There is some good money in the project so that should help.

I also have to program and test some other tracking units that I have recently modified.

Conference

At some stage I need to think about writing a paper for a coference. The conference is in the USA from 23-25 September, 2005 on Digital Communications, and wireless technologies. Rather an interesting small conference. I have published about five papers for this conference in the past, dating back to 1997.

This time it will be held in Embassy Suites Hotel – Orange County Airport North in
Santa Ana, California. For those that do not know where that is, it is right near John Wayne Airport, and only a few miles from DisneyLand. Unfortunately, Qantas does not seem to fly from Sydney to Santa Ana direct, and the conference organizers are working out how to get people from LAX. If all else fails, I will take the LA train system, followed by the Amtrak.

Last year I had there talks to give. We will have to see what happens this year. This time I certainly do not want to need to work on the plane writing my presentations. That only works so well thanks to the reduced space in the table in front, the need for sleep and the cramped conditions.

Music:

Another nice piece of music is the Evanescence song, “Hello”. This is a rather stiring song. I actually find it very hard to understand the lyrics for this song without actually checking them in print, apart from the occasional line. And it was an occasional line that got me to check what the lyrics said.