Graphical bug tracking tool
We were 'over the hump' now, with most of the presentations and sessions now behind us. Going to lectures and sessions for ten hours a day means that your brain fills up quickly -- visions of code fragments, scripting languages, JSR-this, JSR-that -- it all kind of melts together!
JavaOne Hustle and Bustle
Seats and seats and seats...
The social event of the conference was an evening party held in the conference dining hall, which was converted into a huge dark nightclub-like space. The theme of the event was "retro-weird-science", with staff dressed in white lab coats, large wall-hangings with silkscreens of old science-fiction comic books, remote-controlled robots serving appetizers, science parlor tricks displays, and projections of retro-science-like graphics and video clips onto huge screens.
Scattered around the hall were various attractions: a bungee-cord like apparatus that you could strap yourself into; an arcade; a circus-like shooting gallery; and a one-on-one video game match area where you could pit yourself against a particularly famous video game player called 'Fatal1ty' (everybody I watched try to play against him lost horribly).
Making guest appearances at the After Dark bash were "The Mythbusters" -- Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman - two guys from a popular TV Science show that is shown here in Canada on the Discovery Channel. If you've ever watched Mythbusters, you probably know what a fun and interesting show its. It was an unexpected treat to be able to see them in person. In fact, I even got to say hi, shake their hands, and to have them serve me my drink!
Served by the Mythbusters
