> From: J.Paul Robinson [mailto:jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu] > Subject: Report from ISAC Meeting San Diego > Colleagues: > Hello from sunny California and the ISAC XXI congress. This message comes to you > from the CYBER CAFE generously provided by Adam Triester of Tree Star, Inc of FLOJO land! > Adam has made a bank of 12 computers, a wireless network and, lots of network cables for > laptops. He has a T1 fast line and is providing FREE access for the entire congress. > The room is ALWAYS full and is definitley the most popular place in the congress. > It has nothing to do with the outstanding FREE coffee from Ryan Bros, Coffee again > generously provided by Adam. This is the best facility provided by any vendor ever!..... > so long live FLOJO.....and more free coffee and internet access.... Paul, Thanks for the kind words, but I can't take all the credit for the CyberCafe. Apple generously provided all the Macs. IT departments around the world may say that Macs are hard to network, but we put a dozen Macs on the Internet in under an hour. Apple sent top of the line G4s with Cinema displays, and Titanium PowerBooks, as well as a bunch of iMacs. Imagine what the lines would have been like if we only had three computers, as we did in Montpelier. The true highlight of the cafe was the free espresso. Thanks to Phoenix Flow Systems, Guava Technologies, PROzyme and Becton Dickinson for contributing to the coffee fund. By the time we got to the coffee I had blown the marketing budget on this endeavor, and these companies stepped in to make sure you had Ryan Brothers coffee instead of the swill we'd have gotten from the hotel. I also extend a special thanks to Kevin Becker for bringing the Mar Dels to the banquet. The best band of any ISAC I've attended. The CyberCafe crew was Jennifer Wilshire, Maciej Simm, Adam Treat and Amy Hsu. They thought they were getting a leisurely week on the beach, and ended up working 9 to 9 every day to keep the CyberCafe running. It was an exhausting schedule, and they were tireless in their support of the attendees' Internet needs. It never would have come off without them. Sophia Ascani and Alexandra Treister tie-dyed the 350 shirts. Each one is a unique work of art, and each was hand-dipped. Our garage floor has the stains to prove it. So wear them proud, and wash them in cold water. We've agreed to do it again at ISAC XXII in Montpelier. I'm just thankful this congress is only held every second year. All this marketing crap just gets in the way of my programming. Au revoir, Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------ Adam Treister Tree Star, Inc. ph: 800-366-6045 intl: 1-650-591-2854 fax: 1-650-508-9186 adam@treestar.com www.flowjo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------
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