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The Accommodations
Veronica haunting the halls of the hostel where we stayed.
As our group's only Swede, she served as our travel
agent and made all our arrangements and reservations
for us. She did a superb job.
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Enjoying the fine Swedish weather (under the eaves).
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A tribute to a female labor activist.
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UK phone home
Modern social life -- everyone checking their mobiles.
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Museum of Work
The Museum of Work (under construction).
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The Norrkoeping Lutheran Church.
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From the inside (in high dynamic range of course).
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We had some sun. It didn't last.
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This was a nice place to lunch, if you didn't mind getting
your feet wet.
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Norrkoeping has canals running all through it, like
Venice only not sinking.
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One of the many parks we didn't visit during our visit.
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Lunch in front of the grocery mart.
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Early Birds
The early group, enjoying a brief tour of Norrkoeping.
I don't know who the statue depicts.
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Museum of Work
The non-tradesman's entrance to the Museum of Work.
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I think they designed the canals for white water rafting.
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In the Museum of Work's freight elevator, with human
cargo. That's Veronica, Kate, Alan, & Kadi.
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There was a cool rope/art/activity exhibit on the 3rd
floor. Kate gave the rope bridge a try.
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Spaghetti Cowboy
Patrick missed this try, but the log cow wasn't going
anywhere and he got it a minute later.
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Eating lunch back at a favorite pub.
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On the way to registration.
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Registration
The early registration for eager-geeks.
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The Cromwell, where everyone gathered to watch two football
matches happening simultaneously.
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I found myself turning my head from one screen to the
other, which were situated across the room from each
other.
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It was a lot like watching a tennis match, actually.
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The first talk of the rendering symposium was given
by Jan Koenderink, the famous Dutch computer scientist.
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We were a crowd in this room, but it was nice because
there was no avoiding people even if you were sleepy.
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Lunch the first day (as well as the last) was held at
the Pappa Grappa restaraunt, which served food of no
identifiable nationality.
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The company was good, at least.
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Seated beside Phil is Veronica's brother, Anders, who
had volunteered to help out at the symposium. Xi is
on the far right.
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This is the only shot I got of Lofstad Castle, inside
which no cameras were allowed. They had a lot of old
furniture and artwork that I wish I could show you,
but I can't.
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Dinner afterwards was a crowded affair, but fun. A
largish group of us got together to sing the traditional
"Philosopher's Drinking Song" by Monty Python. I led
the singing, which was not good. People told us afterwards
that we were loud, at least.
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Towards the end of our meal, we had live entertainment
-- "The Specular Highlights," who sang (much to our
embarrassment) a perfect three-part rendition of "The
Philosopher's Drinking Song." I have no pictures from
our group's rendition, but I was very glad we went first.
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Our trip to lunch on the second day of the symposium.
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Dolphinarium
The social event the second night took us to a "dolphinarium,"
where we saw a water show worthy of (and no doubt inspired
by) a broadway musical.
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EG predators
Two very hungry-looking tigers, waiting in ambush for...
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EG prey
...a large group of unsuspecting tourists.
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Darned moat!
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Mmmm... This tree is good. What is that?? Does it
have food? Damn. I need a haircut.
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Dinner was in a lovely surrounding. We had food. The
surrounding was lovely.
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Heja Sverige!
Alan and others were busy painting Swedish flags on
their cheeks, in show of support for the match underway
against Denmark.
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Kate and I taunting the flamingos as they try to sleep.
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Proof that flamingos are pink, even in the dark.
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Our last meal together was again at the Pappas Grappas.
The empty chair in front is mine, and Carsten and Marie-Claude
were seated to my right, Reynaud and Yiorgos to my left.
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The Host
After the final talk, our student volunteers were each
awarded a medal, and the host (Anders Ynnerman) was
given a signed soccer ball (oops -- football).
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The Organizer
Mark Ollila, the organizer, was given a signed rugby
ball by Alan.
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The Co-chairs
The co-chairs, Alex Keller and Henrik Wann Jensen, said
a few words.
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Renderers
The lot of us. We were an awful lot.
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Football!
To celebrate the end of the workshop and the European
Cup, we held our own "Teapot Cup" following the tradition
started in Pisa two years before. The group was split
into Nordic players and the rest. I ended up on the
Danish team, because I had a Danish for breakfast, so
there was Danish blood flowing in my veins.
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Patrick had a few outstanding shots on goal, but only
two got through on the non-Nordic side.
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Steadfast Goalie
Francisco was the non-Nordic team's goalie, and did
very well until he injured his arm towards the end of
the game.
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You'll never get it from me. You're wasting your time.
Go away.
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Footballers
The volunteer players, non-Nordic in green.
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Volleyball
While we were busy playing football, two volleyball
games were going on in another part of the park with
other folks from the symposium.
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Sleeping it off
A high dynamic range shot of a low dynamic content scene.
That's Patrick snoring quietly in the bottom bunk.
Gavin was in the top, motion pod in neutral.
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