I'm in Amsterdam for the European Common Lisp Meeting, 2011 vintage. Still wearing my two hats, as academic and
“entrepreneur” – and, somewhat to my surprise, still enjoying it. Though I do have a fairly nasty cold, possibly a result of too many late nights (business), early mornings (children), and interaction with disease-ridden individuals (students).
I'm sitting in the cafe de jaren, a haunt which I think is popular with students – but today looks just plain popular. They seem very accomodating, with newspapers to wade through (admittedly, I brought my own), free Wifi, and tasty soup and sandwiches. I've been here before; in fact, getting on for a decade ago, my wife and I mislaid a copy of Asterix and the Somethings (dunno which) in Dutch. It's a pleasure to sit here, waiting for my colleagues to show up so that I can inspect Luke's presentation for blatant falsehoods off-message content. Looking forward to this evening's brasserie outing and of course the talks tomorrow – it'll be particularly interesting to see how Jack Harper's presentation compares with our Teclo experience –
and of course it'll be good to catch up with old friends, some of them in the flesh for the first time...