EDIT: latest agenda info can be found on the TONMOcon registration page (http://www.tonmo.com/tonmocon/tonmocon.php).

Sounds great

Will look forward to seeing pics posted after the event for those of us who are distance and financially challenged!

Compromising pics are OK with me :twisted:

J

Very nice work, Tony. Can't Wait!

Sounds like fun....sorry I will miss it. You guys are going to be partying!!! bar event, bar event...sounds like a bunch of teachers on a friday afternoon.

Gaetan

Wish I could go to the bar event...

You should be able to...just won't be able to purchase libations of an awful nature !!! I am sure we are going to make this all as user friendly as possible...no exclusions of anyone!!!!!
greg

ah yes but do the bars serve pan galactic gargle blasters????????

I believe they serve Slurm. "Slurm: It's Highly Addictive!"

I had my head knocked in by a brick wrapped in felt once...I think so, at least.

I believe they serve Slurm. "Slurm: It's Highly Addictive!"

What, no St Pauli's Exclusion Principle Girl?

What, no St Pauli's Exclusion Principle Girl?

That used to be my favourate lager, you can't get it here anymore. :sad:

I take it you were excluded.....





Waiting for the inevitable......

'fraid so

Slurm, I've seen where that comes from... :shock:

I just couldn't help myself... This one's for the pedants.

http://www.bustedtees.com/product.php?name=yourretarded

I gather that I would be in that group...oh well.
St.P's girl is a wonderful thing...

That reminds me of this story my boss told me about the last time he went to a bar in San Luis Obispo. He made the mistake of yelling to the bartender that he would like to have a "Pauli girl" which when spoken sounds an awful lot like "Poly girl." Every guy at the bar chimed in with "Yeah, I'll take one of those too!" along with a few comments a little more lewd in nature.

Wish I could go to the bar event...

Hey, if you get caught drinking, tell the cop that the liquor in your cup is called "Old Tennis Shoes" and you got it from some guy on Cannery Row named "Mack"

Wish I could go to the bar event...

A lawyer at such a young age... thats impressive....

That's one e in pipsquek, thank you very much..... :razz:

What is on the agenda for "Ceph Art"?
As a (sorta) regular contributor to the TONMO Galleries you've peaked my interest.
What's the buzz??
-Chris

Erich and the rest of us are still bouncing ideas around...will post a thread on the issue soon !
glad you are interested!
greg

That's one e in pipsquek, thank you very much..... :razz:
Noted and corrected sir! :mrgreen:

Well, if we are going to get that picky, make sure Dr. SOS knows how to pronounce Cthulhu, also.
Jeez...all that ND has ruined his eardrums!
g

Note I updated the agenda (and also my avatar because Matt Jones has thrown me off! :wink:)

The going idea is to go to the aquarium on Sunday to allow ample time there, instead of trying to shoe-horn the aquarium visit with the bulk of convention events into one day. So, instead, Saturday is shaping up to be "lecture day". We may need to look into a catered lunch type deal...

PS: the avatar is my son's creation from pre-k; 4 popsicle sticks and a fuzz-ball with googly-eyes makes 1 kewl octopus...

Tony,

Tell your son it's excellent work!

Erich

I have a membership to the aquarium so i could bring in someone free as a guest. aslo, the ceph ecxibit there is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :smile:

Supernick,

Great news! Yes, currently the ceph exhibit is being refurbished. To my horror, it seems that they're moving the cuttlefish and chambered nautilus behind closed doors as they're not (obviously) part of the marine fauna of the California coastline. On the plus side for cuttle fans, Righty is coming down to give a cuttlefish lecture for all of us!
The good news about the sweet cephalopod exhibit at Monterey is that the GPO environment is being expanded, so more of us should be able to visit the great devilfish at the same time. The (currently) closed ceph area will have a grand reopening next month.

Erich

So, instead, Saturday is shaping up to be "lecture day". We may need to look into a catered lunch type deal...




That is pretty easy. I am the Meat Dept. Manager at a local independent grocery store that does a lot of lunch caterings. Sandwiches, salads, BBQ ribs, chicken and tritip, plus various deli and fruit trays.

Once we get a ballpark on the numbers I can give a qoute.

That is pretty easy. I am the Meat Dept. Manager at a local independent grocery store that does a lot of lunch caterings. Sandwiches, salads, BBQ ribs, chicken and tritip, plus various deli and fruit trays.

Once we get a ballpark on the numbers I can give a qoute.
Awesome.

This sounds like a lot of fun. I love Monterey and hope to make it to the convention as a lifelong admirer of cephalopods. That is, if we get back from our honeymoon before then! :o)

On TONMO's first post, what in the world is TBD?!
Does it stand for TO BE DETERMINED?

Also, what will the bar scene include? Any beer? :lol:

You are exactly right on both counts, Eric. TBD = to be determined, as we get confirmation for speakers. As for drinks, you can choose from all the juice, milk, soda, and water as you are too young to be served alcohol in the US.

We have a reservation as a group for 9:30 on Sunday, August 7, at the aquarium.

Melissa

Sunday...August Seventh...A Day that shall live in INFAMY !

I wonder what the entrance fee at the aquarium will be for Cthulhu... does he get a seniors' discount? :cthulhu:

"Bow to me,inferior mortal" or somesuch????

Heck...I am only the 77th in descent...maybe I will get a balloon?

*ping* for the updated seed post...

Will Sunday be the one and only time we visit the Monterey Bay aquarium? The plane tickets I'm looking at require me to be at the airport by 1:00pm on Sunday.

hm...most poeple are only staying for TONMOcon, is anyone going to stay there or go to Montery before TONMOcon?

Will Sunday be the one and only time we visit the Monterey Bay aquarium? The plane tickets I'm looking at require me to be at the airport by 1:00pm on Sunday.

So far, it looks like Sunday is the only day we'll go to the aquarium. However, you could go whenever you like. One pm at the airport may mean leaving Monterey by 11 am, depending on which airport. Most people will probably fly to San Jose or San Francisco. Monterey airport is only a few miles outside the town.

Melissa

America West and United Airlines fly right into the Monterey Peninsula Airport, otherwise, the shuttles to and from SF and San Jose airports are every ninety minutes.

We're trying to set up a tour of MBARI for Friday afternoon, probably at 1 and 3 pm, for two groups of 20. How many people would be there that early?

Melissa

I might come, I might not, To be perfectly honest, I don't have a clue on what's going on. My brain only has a maximum 50 bytes you know... :oops:

We're trying to set up a tour of MBARI for Friday afternoon, probably at 1 and 3 pm, for two groups of 20. How many people would be there that early?

Melissa

I hope to make it by then... I'm not sure if I'm flying or driving, though; if the latter, I may make it by 3 more likely than 1. I'm not sure if my SO will be coming as well... so I might be 2 people, although she also may not be able to get off work Friday and would have to meet me Saturday or something.

Thanks, Monty! For now, it's not important to have all the details about when you'll arrive and how many will be in your party, but when we start planning the actual groups for MBARI, numbers and arrival time will be crucial.

Details to come - including transport 20 miles up the coast. If we're carpooling, that will be another detail.

See you in August!

Melissa

Those of us who are driving will probably be able to accommodate a couple of extra people per vehicle for MBARI carpool purposes, unless of course somebody is coming via SUV/minivan/dirigible or some other conveyance with more passenger seating.

The agenda sounds great!!! Unfortunately I may have to attend by way of internet!!! Is that in the works for possably a live chat event?

Carol

Hi Carol

I don't know about chat while we're in Monterey, but anyone who wants to can plan a chat during TONMOcon. This will be easier when the schedule is set. Chat will definitely be used to make plans before TONMOcon and after to update everyone who couldn't come.

Maybe someone will videotape the talks. We'll ask everyone who speaks whether they'd be willing to put a description of their work and their presentations online, too. I'm sure people will put pictures on the site.

Brainstorms welcome - please share your ideas to make TONMOcon an event to remember!

Melissa

We're trying to set up a tour of MBARI for Friday afternoon, probably at 1 and 3 pm, for two groups of 20. How many people would be there that early?

I plan to arrive Thursday afternoon, so I'll be there for the MBARI tour, either time.

Shepmoon (aka Steve)

Folks: Unfortunately, it turns out that Dr. Steve O'Shea will not be able to attend TONMOcon due to timing and logistics. I don't need to tell you that this is a real bummer!!

Other than the obvious void, the event should remain unchanged, and we certainly have enough content to fill Saturday's events.

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Steve O'Shea will not be able to attend TONMOcon due to timing and logistics.

But he'd have plenty of time to make it to Cleveland on Sunday for the Neil Diamond show!

*sniff* It's still a shame that he couldn't go... :sad:

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed.

:sad:

Steve is fighting some pretty major battles over here right now, and is under seige. I am terribly sorry!!

No worries. It's disappointing news, but I'm sure we all understand. I can't speak for Mr. Diamond though.

As for being under siege, remember the famous words of Chesty Puller:

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!"

under seige by what?

under seige by what?


Me, probably, though I do bribe him with doughnuts.

:sad:

Steve is fighting some pretty major battles over here right now, and is under seige. I am terribly sorry!!

Sorry to hear that, I hope you can cope. Does that mean one of your minions can use your plane ticket, at least?

How about a taped (or preferably on disc) talk from SOS to be projected? Or a streaming-feed discussion (could be a logistical nightmare,actually)?

I guess this means the ND impersonator will have to be called-off as well... :sad:

Well, we will all just have to see Steve at TONMOcon II. The first round will be on me... or Greg, or Tony or somebody. Not sure Rebecca would approve of me buying all those pints... :cheers:

I'm so sorry to read this! Steve, you will be missed. Can you send a minion from your lab in your stead? Or a taped talk, as Erich suggested?

Melissa

How'z about a small mpeg with me toasting all of you lot? A taped talk could be quite amusing .....

I'm feeling pretty bad about this, but it's out of my hands.

What about a web cast for Steve?

Old farts like me (yes, I'm getting that way) wouldn't know what to do or where to start to get something like this set up. What I'd probably do is get something together and Fedex it to Tony - that's about as modern as I could get (and I still cannot figure out how planes fly). When it comes to IT I really am Victorian, and have still not recovered after having Felipe sticking an ?IPOD (a white sliver-like box) on my stereo, without wires, and having something played through the speakers, or Jason (aka Squidvicious) having a pen-like thing on the desk that recorded everything I said. It's just not natural!!

I'll just quietly toast you all, and maybe send an MPEG (whatever that actually stands for) .. like what is a jpeg?? ... in fact what is a peg? ... and trust you all have a safe and enjoyable meeting, something that I am sure that you will have. I really do wish that I could make it over, and will eventually catch up with many of you - just not this time.

A web-cast would be cool - I'm sure we could set it up

and maybe send an MPEG (whatever that actually stands for)

Motion Picture Experts Group, the working group of ISO (the International Standards Organization) that develops standards for encoding movie files.


.. like what is a jpeg??

It's a picture encoded is such a way as to meet the standards set forth by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.


... in fact what is a peg? ...
It's a little thingamajig you stick in a hole. :wink:

:D

I was 1/2 kidding! You will be missed, but it is completely understandable.

Could you handle a phone call piped over a microphone for a toast at the opening?

a taped talk would be good, but perhaps a live one would even be better. SteveCAM with sound effects. Not that I'm forcing this into everyone, but I'd say that be a great idea! :grin:

You will be missed though.

What about a web cast for Steve?

I've had good luck using Apple's chat (iChat AV, I believe) to do "telepresence" at meetings-- if anyone has an apple laptop and Steve has access to one on his end, that may be a possibility for a Steve-in-a-Box. I know similar solutions exist for Windows and Linux, but I haven't used them; the Apple one I know is pretty convenient, easy, and reliable, if there are macs about on both ends... If my girlfriend comes with to the con, we can probably use her ibook for the tonmocon end, but that's up in the air right now.

I don't get it.

I don't get it.

don't get what?

If that's regarding my post, maybe I should rephrase: I have used apple's iChat to let someone do a video telecon over the internet to present to/interact with a group before, and it worked well. I have high confidence I could make it work again if we have one Mac+iSight in NZ and one in Monterey. Something similar could probably be done on Windows or Linux as well, but I haven't done it, so I can't say that for sure... I'm happy to try to help make this work if Steve & Melissa & Tony are up for it, but I'm not sure I will have a mac to bring, and I have no idea if Steve has access to one in Auckland-- I know TTF said they have mostly Windows machines...

Does that make more sense?

Oh...now I get it.

Well, smae goes for me. I know how to rig up it by using MSN Messnger, but the quality won't be good.

Since Doc SOS won't be coming, so what are we going to do to fill up that time table?

(Perhaps a little editing needs to be done on TONMO's first post...)

Chrono -- Melissa, Erich and/or I will coordinate and will be communicating the final agenda soon. Stand by! Thanks -

Hi Steve and Monty

I think TONMOcon will have ibooks on hand. I'm not sure whose, but we can make sure that it has the right software.

We have a lot of wonderful scientists on the agenda. We hope Dr. Gilly will move into the top slot on the agenda, and we may be able to convince another fabulous researcher from MBARI to step in.

Melissa

cool!

The agenda has been updated! (http://www.tonmo.com/tonmocon/tonmocon.php)

We're getting close!! :cheers:

I just have a few questions:

A) What's the agenda for Friday look like now?
B) Where is the Convention Center where Saturday's events will take place?
C) What's the agenda for Sunday look like now?
D) Will The agenda for the other two days be posted on the registration page again or somewhere else soon?

Quick answer for item B), it's at the Monterey Conference Center (http://www.monterey.org/mcc/). Will post this to the page as well!

And, re: A and C --- on Friday, there are tours of MBARI at 1pm and 3pm (see the thread devoted to this for details). On Sunday, we're going to visit the Monterey Aquarium on our own -- we'll informally meet up there (for example, I plan to be there first thing on Sunday morning when it opens). Re: D, I already have general acknowledgements for what's going on Friday and Sunday, I don't think I'll be posting anything more specific -- but do check out that MBARI thread.