Boston Conferences Day 1.5

Well it's been a busy 24 hours here in Boston, but I'm happy to report that it's beautiful weather and the the city is actually not as bad as I pictured it. Except for the shooting 3 blocks from the Hotel last night. Yesterday arrived and explored our way by foot over to Harvard and MIT's campus and today we spent the day in the Stata Center at MIT giving talks and presentations...more of the same tomorrow. The bike paths are amazingly well planned and I'll try to get some pictures in the next day or so of all the interesting commuter rigs and bike taxis up. Here are a few photo teasers for now that tell the stories of where we have been thus far...

We were greeted with 2 sleepmember queen beds, a nice view and a lot of amenities.


Oh yeah we each got our own robes, but they were kind of quagmire creepy...so they're in the closet.

The pool entrance had a nice mural.

Our view from the room, not sure what building it is but it's cool.



The STATA building looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book. Apparently it "leaks and sucks" according to the MIT people here, but it's fun to look at. It definitely is the most impractical building ever built and is literally a maze inside to get around. If the building were to burn I, fear I might not make it to a suitable exit in time. There are several comical displays inside I will have to relay in a future post. The "Prochlorococcusfest" conference over the weekend we are attending is keeping us relegated within its confines.