I wrote:
> > Work are sending me to Asiacrypt, which is in Queenstown from the
> > 1st to the 5th of December. I'm also going to be taking some time
> > in NZ for sightseeing etc. [...] If anyone in NZ would like to
> > meet up please let me know ASAP. It'd be good to go out for a
> > drink or three.
Firstly timing and email info: I'm leaving tomorrow at
approx. 0930GMT. I'm not sure whether I'll have email at my hotel,
and if I do have email it may only be at my insecure [EMAIL PROTECTED]
account (which I'm using for the From: here) and may only be until the
5th of December. So, don't send mail me anything to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
[EMAIL PROTECTED] that needs attention before I get back. My hotel details
for at least the first 5 days are below.
Philip Charles writes ("Re: Ian Jackson in New Zealand"):
> There are a number of us in Dunedin.
So I see :-). Ben Handley (who some of you may know, apparently) also
suggested I get in touch with Tim Nicholas, so I've CC'd Tim at his
webby address.
Nick Phillips writes ("Re: Ian Jackson in New Zealand"):
> If you can get from Queenstown to Dunedin, we can show you the *real*
> penguins...
Well, I'm probably going to be in Auckland on parts of the 11th and
15th of December at least (off to at least Rotorua in between). How
practical is it to get between Auckland and Dunedin ? I'm not averse
to making a bit of a trip to find some like-minded geeks :-).
John Morton writes ("Re: Ian Jackson in New Zealand"):
> If you range as far afield as Nelson (city at the top of the South Island
> near Abel Tasman National Park), give me a call on +64 21 527 866, or
> 021 527 866. I have some co-workers who need a little help seeing the light,
> as we're about to migrate the os for a gateway NAT box from Redhat to Debian
> :-)
I haven't got my planning that well-sorted, but I'll take your phone
number with me and if I'm going to end up anywhere nearby I'll give
you a call. (Same goes for everyone else.)
John also asks:
> Mao as in Gnomic Mao? Peculiar 'make the rules up as you go' card game
> popularised by Doug Hofstadter?
The Mao that I know came via various people but appears to have a
common origin at one or more Maths Olympiads. It does involve
inventing rules, but only in a strictly controlled manner :-). I find
it's good when played a little drunk, although you can find people who
take it very seriously too. I'm not familiar with Doug Hofstadter's
variant. NB that any websites you read which claim to state the rules
of Mao are lying (or at least, not telling you the One True Mao) -
it's one of the rules that you can't explain the rules.
Anyway, my actual flight details are:
2002-11-28 LHR dep 1425 NZ 1
2002-11-30 Auckland arr 0545 dep 1000 NZ 639
Queenstown arr 1150
2002-12-11 Queenstown dep 1100 NZ 642
Auckland arr 1245
2002-12-15 Auckland dep 1645 NZ 2
2002-12-16 LHR arr 0910
My hotel (checking out 6th December) is:
Copthorne Hotel
Private Bag
Queenstown
+64 3 442 8123 (voice)
+64 3 442 7472 (fax)
Thanks all,
Ian.
