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Hopefully it isn't am omen. LA was in the middle of a major power outage as I arrived at LAX. My hotel is only partly working. One elevator, no power in the rooms. They got the escalator working just as I checked in.

I'm now at the convention center. There is power here. I got checked in...meaning I have my "geek badge" and required t-shirt and bag. There are thousands of PCs setup in various areas. Not much activity going on right now as the conference doesn't officially start until tomorrow morning at 8:30 with Bill's keynote.

I'll be taking pictures throughout the week, but as I forgot the cable to hook the camera to the PC, I'm not sure when I can upload them. I'll try to track one down and get some up in the next day or two.

I haven't yet poked through the bag to see what propaganda is included. There is a nice pen on the geek badge.

There is a large bookstore here selling Microsoft related books from several publishers as well as Microsoft logo merchandise. I don't think I'll get a book here, but note titles and order when I get home. I don't want to haul a book back on the plane...and I don't know what else I'll be getting during the week to take back.

Ken Levy is supposed to arrive tomorrow and will be giving a session on Thursday morning on XML/XSLT support in Visual Studio 2005. Rod Paddock is here...hopefully we can meet up later.

More info during the week as the conference kicks into full gear.