Touchdown

Well, we arrived in Austin today. It was only 29C (85F). Someone told me that yesterday it was 102! Looking at the forecast shows that it will be pretty hot next week. As long as we have lot's of Shiner Bock on hand, it should be ok. Our flight was ok from Toronto to Chicago. O'hare had some interesting sights. I'm not sure about this one though.

The flight from Chicago to Austin was bumpy. I got air sick. It's usually these small jets that do it for me. Plus, the "meal" wasn't the greatest...

Arriving in the Austin Airport, I figured I would take the supershuttle. Seing that it would be a 30min. wait I decided to take a cab instead, $16 later we're at the Radisson. Well, good news, they have high-speed internet in the rooms and it's only $9.95 per day! What a steal... ya right. I think it's wireless at TGI Fridays at no charge. I saw this in the lobby. Gotta love Texas eh? This is the view from our room.

Here are some images from our day:

Can someone explain this to me?
Walked over to see the bats: bat1 bat2 bat3.
Looking up Congress Ave.
Ate at Jazz (one of my favorite restaraunts). You can't miss it. It's the one with this guy at the door.
6th Street characters and interesting window displays.
Moon over Austin.

Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 11:59 PM Permalink

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WiFi at the convention center

For those of you that are bringing laptops, PDA's, tablets etc. There is a rumor going around that the convention center will be setup to handle wireless access. I hope this is true. Does anyone have any other information on this?

It would be even better to have internet access via this wireless link as well. This way when you're in a session and the presenter says: "you can find the vi's for this presentation at so and so link"... you can quickly show them that the link is broken ;) Oh, but of course, they are available after the show...

Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 11:09 AM Permalink | Comments (4)

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I am going to NIWeek

Hi all. This will be my first time at NI Week, and also my first time exhibiting something. I'll be in the "BiometricsVIEW" booth near the CyberCafe and the Sensors Pavillion.

Although I will be promoting the BiometricsVIEW toolkits, my main passion is security. I expect this trip to be very educational for me because I will have the opportunity to learn about the different security requirements LabVIEW developers may have.

Anyway, feel free to stop by, even if it is just to say "hi". Also, I am looking forward to meet and shake hands with the people I only "see" in virtual forums like this, and in especial in NI's Developers Exchange. I have learn a lot from the LabVIEW community. The opportunity to meet most of these people in person is really unique, and is something I don't want to miss!

Posted by Enrique Vargas at 01:33 PM Permalink

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