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Turns out I left the transfer cable for my digital camera at home. This is the second time I’ve done this. Shoot! I can get the pictures to my Axim, but until I get to the convention center tomorrow, I won’t be able to copy them to the laptop. I could beam them over, but it takes forever since you can’t send an entire folder, only individual files. Sigh…. I need to buy a second cable and leave it with my travel gear. Either that or get some better software.

Stopped by the TechEd store for the reception this evening. Munched on chips, salsa, and veggies before doing some shopping in the store. Bought a TechEd 2004 pique polo to go with one I bought last year. Lesson learned at MEC in 2002: If you find something you like, buy it right away. If you wait until things go on sale later in the week, whatever you wanted will be out of stock. Never fails.

I also managed to snag my first t-shirt, for the Imagine Cup, a competition in software design, algorithm, short film, and rendering. After shirts were thrown to the crowd, the finalists from the software design competition were announced. A team from Washington University (my employer and Alma Mater) came in second. Even though they don’t get to represent the US in Brazil, they were clearly excited to have placed as well as they did. It was great to see some of our students doing so well. Congratulations to Mark Woods, Taylor Peterson, Stuart Lim, and David Smith

After the reception, I headed up 5th Ave through the Gaslamp Quarter to find a restaurant. Stopped at Rockin’ Baja Lobster after someone mentioned it on their blog (can’t remember who). Very tasty.

I would never have noticed that the plush lion in our TechEd bags is a screen cleaner. It actually has an optical grade chamois belly.

Thanks to Ali Parker for pointing this out.