Hi All,

So here's our current list of attendees...

tfabris
loren
dtrounce maybe
borislav
rob
hugo
hugo's girlfriend
dredd
dwallach
mcomb
esb
kevin
drakino maybe
drguz
hoagy
bmihulka maybe
eternalsun (Calvin)
mike maybe
n6mod (zandr)
Tim Esau (Rio Car product marketing)
Jon Agee (Rio marketing communications manager)
rex_oah (maybe)
Andy Wolfe (CTO SonicBlue)
gbeer (Glenn Beer)
ricin (Donato)
CruzThs
CruzThs friend
bam

28 including the "maybe's". Please let me know if you want to be added or subtracted from this list.

- Thanx!
- Jon

I hope we'll be outside for a while at least - one of the best bits is seeing all the installations, and judging them for the install and SQ competitions. How big is the parking lot for this place?

Rob

The parking lot will work well. Let's all try and park on the LEFT side of Boulevard. The place gets a lot of traffic on the weekends if the weather is nice, but I don't think we'll have any problems getting all of us in there nonetheless.

- Jon

I have only two words to describe this:

WOO HOO!!!!!

Looking forward to meeting everyone there! Dionysus, is there any way you can put off that Colorado trip? This is gonna be big. Hey, Jon, is this little bar and grill going to be able to hold a gathering this large?

And one last thing...

Hugo's girlfriend

Surely this person has a name?

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Tony Fabris

Hey, Jon, is this little bar and grill going to be able to hold a gathering this large?

Yes, no problem.

Yeah Hugo, what's your ladies name?

- Jon

Jon will be bringing some very nice competition prizes with him

I'd like to nominate Tony for instant disqualification of entry into the contest.

j/k

P.S.... i'd like to second that WOOOHOOO!


|| loren.cox || 080000446 ||

I'm thinking I can probably modify my travel plans for the week, extend my stay, and make it as well. And folks are right - there are some awesome roads around that that my M3 and I have have torn up. Unfortunately the ride (with empeg) is in Phoenix right now so no empeg install to show off.

Looking forward to meeting folks!

=-Clarke


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Queue 351, Now Mk II #60000022 18gb, Blue

I now have a definite commitment to be there. I decided to just bite the bullet and get a hotel. I'll be in San Francisco for four nights so if anyone wants to show me a good time that would be great. Also a big thanks to those who did offer a place to stay, I decided it would be too much of an inconvience for a fellow empeg owner to let me stay with them.

Brian

-See my empeg here-

I drove past the the Boulevard today, because it was the only way for me to get to work this morning. Literally every road from Santa Cruz to Silicon Valley was closed, so I had to go up the coast to 84 and cross over there. Roads were closed in both directions from there. 6" of snow, temps about 3C/38F. This is supposed to be Sunny California, dammit! Hugo, I'm pretty sure Chloe is wrong about the weather.

-Zandr
Mk.I #150
Mk.II #39

Eeek!

Are you really serious about the Z3? If so, can I borrow it from something like wednesday night (otherwise I'd better try and get a hire car too - Rob's getting one so I should be able to get to your place...)

Hugo
ps It's not Chloe, it's Claire. Yes, it was Chloe last time you were over. No jokes about working in alphabetical order, please.

Claire, and she's actually also a Sonicblue employee... ;)

Hugo

It's not Chloe, it's Claire. Yes, it was Chloe last time you were over. No jokes about working in alphabetical order, please.

ROFL!

Hope she doesn't read the BBS.



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Tony Fabris

Hey, I thought I was up on current events. After all, I was there in December.

But, since I've been over there twice, and Hugo's S.O. has always been mysteriously absent, anything's possible.

-Zandr
Mk.I #150
Mk.II #39

No, it was Claire in December too. Anyway, I don't go through a lot of gf's! I was with Chloe for 18 months!

My SO's always seem to be annoyingly far away (at least 70 miles). I have a complete inability to meet anyone local; even when I used to go out to nightclubs, I'd always end up with the people who were over visiting friends for the weekend...

Hugo

Just a thought... It would be cool to organize a small track/empeg day at a later date as well. I've never done the track thing, but would love to give it a go, and it would rock to have the advice of some fellow empegers at the track. There seems to be a few speedsters here on the West coast.


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You're right, I was there in October, not December. Too many trade shows, not enough sleep.

My SO's always seem to be annoyingly far away (at least 70 miles). I have a complete inability to meet anyone local; even when I used to go out to nightclubs, I'd always end up with the people who were over visiting friends for the weekend...

And you think that 70 miles is a long way for some reason? Heck, my commute is more than half that.

-Zandr
Mk.I #150
Mk.II #39

Hi Everyone!

I'm impressed at our committment for this meet so far! Check out my new and improved list (v1.1)...

Tony Fabris (tfabris)
Loren Cox (loren)
Kelly (Loren Cox's girlfriend)
Scott (Loren Cox's installer friend)
Borislav Deianov (borislav)
Rob Voisey (rob) (empeg operations manager)
Hugo Fiennes (altman) (empeg founder, techie big cheese)
Claire (hugo's girlfriend)
Derek Balling (dredd)
Dan Wallach (dwallach)
Mike Comb (mcomb)
Eric Brown (esb)
Kevin Hester (kevin)
Sean (drguz)
Ryan Hoagland (hoagy)
Brian Mihulka (bmihulka)
Calvin (eternalsun)
Aleksandr Milewski (n6mod)
Tim Esau (Rio Car product marketing)
Jon Agee (Rio marketing communications manager)
Andy Wolfe (CTO SonicBlue)
Glenn Beer (gbeer)
Donato Sinicco (ricin)
Donato's friend
Rob Vreeland (CruzThs)
CruzThs friend
bam
Clarke
Carl Aydelotte (Dallas, TX)
Andy Brenner
Michael Grant
Kevin Hester
Doug (Kevin Hester's friend)
David Black
Geoff White
Tom Cramer (drakino)

Bruce Busby (Sonic Blue m&a dude) maybe
David Trounce (dtrounce) maybe
Rex Oah maybe
Sean (drakino's friend) maybe (50%)
Michael Lohmeyer (drakoz) maybe
Rex Oah (rex_oah) maybe
Mike Higuera (MRHJr) maybe
Chris Lobkowicz (smoker_man)

36 confirmed "yes's"
8 confirmed "maybe's"

I couldn't get some of your names. If you'd like to remain anonymous, cool - but if you want your real name listed, please send it to me.

- Thanx
- Jon

Hey, Loren... Any chance we'll see a demo of Starfighter on the 3rd?

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Tony Fabris

LOL... i hadn't even thought of that... but yes, you can count on it. I'll bring the PS2 and the PSOne (just so you can see how damn small that thing is.)

The release party is this Saturday at the Sony store in the Metreon in San Francisco. I'll be there from around 10 to 12 if anyone's interested. Should be fun.


|| loren.cox || 080000446 ||

I don't suppose this Starfighter game is in any way related to "Starfighter 3000" by Fednet on the Acorn and 3DO??

Didn't think so... =)

Jazz
(List 112, Mk2 12 gig #40. Mk1 4 gig #30. Mk3 1.6 16v)

I don't suppose this Starfighter game is in any way related to "Starfighter 3000" by Fednet on the Acorn and 3DO?

Uh, no. It's a LucasArts game based on the Star Wars license.

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Tony Fabris

Yeah, what he said.

Damn, now you've got me all excited to hear the PS2 on my system...

Must...have.......my........caaaaaaaaaaaaarr!!!!

=]


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Do we need to tell you if we're bringing friends? I'm not completely sure, but I THINK a few of my friends might ride down with me.

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Donato
MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565

Yes, it's important for me to give an accurate count to the owner of Boulevard so that he can plan for the right amount of food to prepare for us...

- Thanx
- Jon

Ok, I just got confirmation from one of my friends, so you can count him in. The other is still tentative. I'll try and get a confirmation ASAP.

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Donato
MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565

> Hugo Fiennes (altman) (empeg founder, techie big cheese)

..more like a Baby Bell

Rob

Screw the work. This is too big to miss. Will be good to get the chance to catch up with some fellow Brits only 10 miles away from home in Menlo Park.

I'll be there with my Amber 18gb install in my Silver Porsche Boxster, BRIT BX... give the S2000 a run for its money :-)

70 miles? I know what you mean. I have been fortunate enough to have had a girlfriend in Brazil for about a year...
And one in Macau.

Yes, but it's taken me 4 hours to get from Reading to Cambridge (~100 miles) - and that's mostly motorway. The traffic is *not* good.

Hugo

Hi All,

I'm SURE that I really don't have to ask, but some of you are going to bring a digital camera to our party, yes? Greg Dem has volunteered to help with "digitization of video for web pages" if we need it...

- Jon