Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium
Hi Ed, the subject line of your message indicates you live in California in which case Santa Clara won't add much to the experience, but most other people could enjoy visiting California a lot especially if they don't mind dedicating entire day driving to Sierra Nevada. One off the beaten path route is to cross the Sierra on hwy 108, pass by Lake Mono and return on hwy 120 through Yosemite. Even around Santa Clara there are some possibilities for a good drive, try to get to the observatory in San Jose (hwy 103 or 104), or just cross the Coastal range around Santa Clara and take hwy 1 North to San Francisco. Other than the natural beauty the place is pretty sterile but from my experience it applies to most of the country anyway. The clubs in downtown San Jose are decent especially if you manage to find one with live music. I'd consider visiting one of mysql conferences if they had one in a nice place like Panama City (in Panama, not in Florida). Thanks, Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 4:57 PM Subject: Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium I just didn't enjoy the location. When it was in Orlando a few years ago, it was great. There were plenty of things to do and see; different places to eat every night. I had a really good time. Then the following year I went to Santa Clara and there was nothing to do. I went to the movies one night. Had dinner at Sizzler three times. I drove 45 minutes to find a place I could buy a shirt. The rest of the time I stayed in the hotel and watched crappy tv. If you folks want me to be away from my family and friends for five days you've gotta give me a reason to wanna go besides the great technical information. I didn't go to last years, I'm not going to this years and I probably won't go to any future ones held in Santa Clara. When I came home from the last one, my kids asked what I got them from my trip and I had nothing for them. It was just a boring place to go and I don't wanna go back. I'd just like to see it held someplace new every year. Thanks for replying to my comment Lenz Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/25/07 2:21 AM -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ed, thank you for your message! On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Ed Reed has filled out the MySQL Contact Form with a General MySQL Question: Can someone tell me you folks are going to hold all future User Conferences in Santa Clara? I would like to go this year but I didn't enjoy myself at the last one I went to in Santa Clara in '05 and I don't wanna go back. If you folks plan to hold all future conferences there I'd like to know so I can resign myself to the fact that it's never gonna change instead of hoping that it's gonna be somewhere else every year. To be honest, it's not entirely clear yet if we will change the location for upcoming events. But could you explain why you didn't enjoy yourself at the last one? How can we improve? Bye, LenZ - -- Lenz Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community Relations Manager, EMEA MySQL GmbH, http://www.mysql.de/, Hamburg, Germany Visit the MySQL Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFFuISeSVDhKrJykfIRAsJxAJ9hLkjhA10B68OHpw97x6QHbSqjLACePQym m9lEE93nxdC+K//cQsL658Q= =W/8N -END PGP SIGNATURE- Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting OT re San Jose (was RE: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium)
I'd second the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/ Also the Computer History Museum (located in the former SGI International Sales Office, I believe) is HIGHLY recommended by me...one of the docents there the last time I visited was Gene Amdahl! They have a working PDP-1, Cray 1, 2, 3 and Y-MP, and one of Google's first server racks, among tons of other stuff. They're in Mountain View, but it's not far, and would amply justify a carpool: http://www.computerhistory.org/ Intel's museum is in Santa Clara (never been there myself): http://www.intel.com/museum/index.htm And the San Jose Museum of Art: http://www.sjmusart.org/ I found this exhibition to be quite interesting: http://www.sjmusart.org/content/exhibitions/current/exhibition_info.phtml?itemID=324 And if you have kids with you (including inner children...), there's http://www.cdm.org/ Never been there, though, so I can't vouch for it. Interested in aviation/space? http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/exploration.html http://www.hiller.org/ steve, museum nerd At 10:16 AM -0500 1/30/07, Jerry Schwartz wrote: If you are into ancient Egypt, check out the Rosicrucian museum in San Jose. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 -Original Message- From: Eric Braswell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:02 AM To: Mike Wexler Cc: Ed Reed; mysql@lists.mysql.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium Great idea! Tips on how to get around, good local restaurants (if you like Vietnamese, San Jose is the place), and other things to do when you need a break... There is really a great deal just a short distance away, but you have to know how to get there. It's possible there was something like this last year, but I live in the area so I didn't look for it. I'm in full agreement that a conference is just that much better when it includes a little variety, a chance to get away from the drab convention hall, and a chance to socialize a little. One thing I suggest is to attend the Quiz Show (Wed 8pm) or other after hours activities. Great fun, and a good way to hook up with people for dinner or drinks away from the center. Eric -- Eric Braswell Web Manager MySQL AB Cupertino, USA Mike Wexler wrote: The area by the Santa Clara convention center is pretty dead, but you can take the light rail to downtown San Jose and there is a pretty lively nightlife there, lots of interesting restaurants, The Tech Museum and other things depending on you interests. Also there are lots more interesting places to eat than sizzler within in 5 minute drive of the convention center. Perhaps what is needed is either a nice cheatsheet of what to do and where to go? Or perhaps some of the locals could volunteer to be ambassadors and take people with similar interests to local activities, restaurants or points of interest. -- +--- my people are the people of the dessert, ---+ | Steve Edberghttp://pgfsun.ucdavis.edu/ | | UC Davis Genome Center[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Bioinformatics programming/database/sysadmin (530)754-9127 | + said t e lawrence, picking up his fork + -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium
I just didn't enjoy the location. When it was in Orlando a few years ago, it was great. There were plenty of things to do and see; different places to eat every night. I had a really good time. Then the following year I went to Santa Clara and there was nothing to do. I went to the movies one night. Had dinner at Sizzler three times. I drove 45 minutes to find a place I could buy a shirt. The rest of the time I stayed in the hotel and watched crappy tv. If you folks want me to be away from my family and friends for five days you've gotta give me a reason to wanna go besides the great technical information. I didn't go to last years, I'm not going to this years and I probably won't go to any future ones held in Santa Clara. When I came home from the last one, my kids asked what I got them from my trip and I had nothing for them. It was just a boring place to go and I don't wanna go back. I'd just like to see it held someplace new every year. Thanks for replying to my comment Lenz Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/25/07 2:21 AM -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ed, thank you for your message! On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Ed Reed has filled out the MySQL Contact Form with a General MySQL Question: Can someone tell me you folks are going to hold all future User Conferences in Santa Clara? I would like to go this year but I didn't enjoy myself at the last one I went to in Santa Clara in '05 and I don't wanna go back. If you folks plan to hold all future conferences there I'd like to know so I can resign myself to the fact that it's never gonna change instead of hoping that it's gonna be somewhere else every year. To be honest, it's not entirely clear yet if we will change the location for upcoming events. But could you explain why you didn't enjoy yourself at the last one? How can we improve? Bye, LenZ - -- Lenz Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community Relations Manager, EMEA MySQL GmbH, http://www.mysql.de/, Hamburg, Germany Visit the MySQL Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFFuISeSVDhKrJykfIRAsJxAJ9hLkjhA10B68OHpw97x6QHbSqjLACePQym m9lEE93nxdC+K//cQsL658Q= =W/8N -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[OT] Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium
On Monday 29 January 2007 12:57, Ed Reed wrote: I just didn't enjoy the location. When it was in Orlando a few years ago, it was great. There were plenty of things to do and see; different places to eat every night. I had a really good time. Then the following year I went to Santa Clara and there was nothing to do. I went to the movies one night. Had dinner at Sizzler three times. I drove 45 minutes to find a place I could buy a shirt. The rest of the time I stayed in the hotel and watched crappy tv. If you folks want me to be away from my family and friends for five days you've gotta give me a reason to wanna go besides the great technical information. I didn't go to last years, I'm not going to this years and I probably won't go to any future ones held in Santa Clara. When I came home from the last one, my kids asked what I got them from my trip and I had nothing for them. It was just a boring place to go and I don't wanna go back. I'd just like to see it held someplace new every year. Thanks for replying to my comment That's funny...when I go to a technical conference, I usually go for the conference, and couldn't care less if there is other stuff to do in the area during the off hours. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
