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So Taipei. It is humid. And rainy. And omg my hair is so tightly curled at the moment from the sheer humidity.
Tonight, one of the NOC guys who is also a Google Employee took a bunch of us up to the Google office in the Taipei 101 tower (73rd floor!). It was a dry run for Saturday when he is going to take a group of people up there for a meeting that he couldn't find any other space for. I so wanted to take a picture of the Google sign on the wall made from Rubik's Cubes - but I'd "signed" in and promised I wouldn't take any pictures. But I found this youtube video of it being created:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzTqABK4SzU
We marveled at the fun stuff - I played with this wall screen thing that gave dimensional views of places on earth via Google Maps, but also of the moon and Mars. I spent quite a bit of time following the paths of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. Come on, who DOESN'T want to wander the landscape of Mars?
The hotel is lovely - and I forgot that in most Asian countries they take Hospitality very very seriously. I have, not only shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and soap BUT also a loofah, shaving kit, emery board, toothbrush kit, shower cap, q-tips, and cotton swabs. Also I was provided the use of a robe and slippers, a bathroom scale, sewing kit, shoeshine kit, shoehorn, lint brush etc. etc. etc. So in other words, I could have forgotten ALL my toiletries and not needed to have purchased a thing.
(The view from my room is of the Taipei 101 building - which is pretty awesome!)
Breakfast is included in the hotel rate - and omg this breakfast buffet is ginourmous. European breakfast, Asian breakfast, American breakfast - whatever you want they have! I'm kind of fond of some of the hot offerings over at the Asian buffet - but you can be sure for the amount of time I am spending here I will get a chance to sample everything.
The convention center is full of Breast Cancer people - they're in until Saturday (and to tell you how distracted and tired I was today we wandered into the building straight into the breast cancer exhibits and I completely missed the two huge wall murals of boobs - I quipped that they come in pairs after they were pointed out (and wow, that they *needed* to be pointed out because BOOBS about fifteen feet high!) - so we don't have parts of our necessary space until Sunday - but reg opens on Sunday which means Sunday morning will be more fraught than usual trying to get set up and working before the hordes descend.
Well, I am exhausted - so I am going to head for bed - it is the end of my Thursday - even if most of you are just starting your Thursday...
Tonight, one of the NOC guys who is also a Google Employee took a bunch of us up to the Google office in the Taipei 101 tower (73rd floor!). It was a dry run for Saturday when he is going to take a group of people up there for a meeting that he couldn't find any other space for. I so wanted to take a picture of the Google sign on the wall made from Rubik's Cubes - but I'd "signed" in and promised I wouldn't take any pictures. But I found this youtube video of it being created:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzTqABK4SzU
We marveled at the fun stuff - I played with this wall screen thing that gave dimensional views of places on earth via Google Maps, but also of the moon and Mars. I spent quite a bit of time following the paths of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. Come on, who DOESN'T want to wander the landscape of Mars?
The hotel is lovely - and I forgot that in most Asian countries they take Hospitality very very seriously. I have, not only shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and soap BUT also a loofah, shaving kit, emery board, toothbrush kit, shower cap, q-tips, and cotton swabs. Also I was provided the use of a robe and slippers, a bathroom scale, sewing kit, shoeshine kit, shoehorn, lint brush etc. etc. etc. So in other words, I could have forgotten ALL my toiletries and not needed to have purchased a thing.
(The view from my room is of the Taipei 101 building - which is pretty awesome!)
Breakfast is included in the hotel rate - and omg this breakfast buffet is ginourmous. European breakfast, Asian breakfast, American breakfast - whatever you want they have! I'm kind of fond of some of the hot offerings over at the Asian buffet - but you can be sure for the amount of time I am spending here I will get a chance to sample everything.
The convention center is full of Breast Cancer people - they're in until Saturday (and to tell you how distracted and tired I was today we wandered into the building straight into the breast cancer exhibits and I completely missed the two huge wall murals of boobs - I quipped that they come in pairs after they were pointed out (and wow, that they *needed* to be pointed out because BOOBS about fifteen feet high!) - so we don't have parts of our necessary space until Sunday - but reg opens on Sunday which means Sunday morning will be more fraught than usual trying to get set up and working before the hordes descend.
Well, I am exhausted - so I am going to head for bed - it is the end of my Thursday - even if most of you are just starting your Thursday...