I hadn't even left Ireland yet and I think I'm going to miss the connecting flight in Atlanta. After a few hours on the flight and some wine, checking the inflight display between movies I see that we are 40 minutes ahead of schedule. In other words I should hope that I will not need to stay overnight in Atlanta.

So plans for SC09? Attend tutorials and paper presentations. Talk to vendors about our upcoming purchases and what we are buying (or at least what we think we will be buying). Shopping for Frau Klein for a notebook and an Apple Magic Mouse (though I do prefer my Logitech G9 mouse).

Time is 16:40 in Atlanta, we managed to reach the gate and not miss our connecting flight!.

mmm, double espresso to keep me awake

American airports are funny and quiet

A quick bite of food and some local beer, tried the Sinister dark ale which was quite good, and the Fat Tire this was less impressive

Bugger, jet lag is setting in, I can't sleep, its 5am