We wound up taking a few detours on the way down yesterday, so about 12.5 hours on the road. The hotel was rather less well appointed than we'd been hoping for $198/night, for instance, no internet access available.

Did my session of watching the front desk this morning, and managed to miss all of the talks I'd intended to attend. Oops. Have finally got D'Arcy's laptop running with a login I can use. Have now gone through my presentation again, composing my notes mentally (I don't write them down to provide at least some spontenaity).

Anyway, can't get vnc to run properly so I can read email, so I think I'm going to head back to the lobby to chat with peoples.