| Welcome to Texas! |
| Breakfast at Denny's, on the corner of Elm and E. Commerce |
| still feeling welcome |
| dinner at Joe's Crab Shack |
 
| Tower of the Americas |
| Some species before they became endangered/extinct |
| a new use for rattlesnakes |
| A little networking with John and Karen |
| and Yardley |
| Work ! |
| The splendid view from my hotel window. |
| John, beginning an evening of hard networking |
| a little more networking |
| John networking. By this time, we had given up using real names.
From now on, everyone is called John. |
| John is arrested by Texan sheriffs for too much networking. |
| Jon has done so much networking that he now has difficulty identifying
conference delegates. He asks John the armadillo about his views on
IMS metadata. |
| John the armadillo turns out to have strong views on IMS metadata.
Shortly after this picture is taken, he leaps onto Jon's head
and makes a bid for freedom. |
| John, John and John have now been networking a lot. |
| John introduces his glass (also called John), who turns out to be
interested in Java |
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| John has now been networking so hard that his speech is becoming
slurred, a pity because John the conference organiser is clearly impressed
with what he has to say. |
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| John the possum |
| John, John and Theresa after eating a goodly portion of John the
Texan Cow. |
| pretty |
| John, John and Dave ready to leave |
| John the Texan jackalope |