well um i'm here.. an entire week early :) long story, but having booked the train tickets and hostel, nobody actually told me i was on the wrong day because of two separate and unrelated pieces of confusion / misprints! i decided rather than go back home to simply stay a week, having brought everything - soldering-iron, ruler, pliers, scissors, laptop, the works - with me all this way. 15kg suit-holding bag on wheels.... and in my infinite wisdom i decided that it would be an interesting experience to come to belgium on skates. with a 15kg wheeled bag.
so, anyway, i'll be volunteering for setup on the friday, i have the laptop to demo, am registered for a lightning talk on saturday morning, this might change if there's a full hour slot available (i'm on short-notice standby).
it'll be fun. the http://2go4.be is pretty good, the no 71 bus goes straight to ULB, there's a walk each end of about 250 metres... am enjoying the accidental circumstances...
l.
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