Ok so I've been back from San Francisco for about a week. Richard has a good write up on his blog, with some pictures.

I can recommend walking over flying United, planes so out of date you would be happier with a DC 3. 747s that looked new when I was flying to the UK in 83, now are cramped and lacking in any of what one would consider the basics, like in seat entertainment or say sound that works or a semi clear picture. Lets not mention the food or the service.

Javaone was good, a touch short of brilliant. A few of the key notes were disappointing, some of the sessions more than made up for them, as did catching up with friends from the UK, I'll attempt to get my head together enough to comment on the sessions / ideas I thought were interesting.

Oh and apart from a few clothing purchases I also got a new toy. It's a Nikon D50, it's nice to have a camera again. It's been bloody agese since I've had an SLR that I can play with whenever I want.