Yesterday I arrived at TSSJS in Las Vegas. This being my first time in the city was already quite an experience. I didn't go out since I was quite tired after having traveled for 25 hours, but during my arrival the lights, the hotels, the super-mega-lets-blow-your-mind-everywhere-you-look had my jaw dropping for a few times.

I'm staying at the hotel of the conference (Caesars Palace) and the room that Tech Target booked is outstanding. It's huge and has two big king-sized beds, a couch with a table, dining area and amazing bathroom. It's a pity that Nathalie and the kids couldn't come along (not sure Vegas is a place for kids, but Nathalie would sure have had a nice time here).

I walked around a bit to try to get a feel of the layout of the hotel, since it's bigger than a shopping mall. After having registered at the conference desk, I took a shower and went looking for some toothpaste that I forget to bring along. It took me a while to find this in the midst of the fancy and expensive shops. The toothpast must have some special mixture since it's the first time this costs me $4 .

I ended up quickly eating a roast sandwich and going to bed around midnight. After having met Hani at the registration desk, I was supposed to meet up with him and some others a few hours later (I read Cameron was there already too), but the fatigue finally got the better of me and I decided to catch some sleep. Sadly, the jet lag reduced my night to only 5 hours, and I'm already sitting here wide awake, but tired, yearning for the breakfast coffee

I'm looking forward to the first day of the sessions, there are quite a number of interesting ones that I want to attend (Bob Lee - WebWork @ Google - Case Study, Chris Nelson - RAD That Ain't Bad: Domain Driven Development with Trails, Eugene Ciurana - The Mobile Java Application Continuum, and Kito Mann - Portlet Development with JSF). I'm talking myself about "Flow with continuations" at 2:30pm, but before that (during lunch) I'm meeting up with some people from Laszlo Systems to finally see each-other in real life and discuss some OpenLaszlo-related business opportunities.