For those people on the East coast attending the conference and thinking about going to Fry's, do a quick yahoo search on "fry's electronics" and look at the unofficial Fry's pages. :-) I've only been to the San Diego store but it pretty much lived up to what other people have encountered. We got a pretty good price on a HP Palmtop but getting out of the store with it - ugh! On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:22:43 -0400 "Kosmerchock, Steve" wrote: Chuckc, It's a FRY'S Electronics. Just down the street is the mall as well. Pretty good size Virgin Megastore there. steve -----Original Message----- From: Charles Craft [mailto:chucksea@MINDSPRING.COM] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:13 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC]: Masters Conference in July OK - I'll bite. :-) Not having been before, what's the toy store across the street? Should I bring an extra suitcase or do they ship? thanks chuckc ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry G. Nelson Sr. To: Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Masters Conference in July > I think a good place to meet is either at the robot competition or at the > game night. Last year a bunch of us walked across the street to do some > shopping at our favorite toy store. That is one of the advantages of the > new location. > Larry > > PS Yes I am a fixture and hope to be for many more years ;) > > > At 10:56 PM 6/13/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Lawrence Lile wrote: > > > > > > Maybe we should wear > > > some identifying item, like wandering around with a PIClist cup, or a > > > T-shirt that says "Unsubscribble". Or one of those solar beany propeller > > > hats the real geeks wear. > > > > > > --Lawrence > > > >The trouble is, we would not look any different than all of the other > >geeks there. > > > >The schedule is pretty jam packed, what with classes, meals, and events. > >I have never seen a serious attempt to gather piclisters together, > >although 4 years ago Andy Warren did teach a class on PIC tips, and had > >a mention of the PICLIST. He even attributed code clips to Dmitry, > >Scott, and others. I also palled around with Andy Kunz one year too. And > >Larry Nelson is like a fixture. > > > >I just thought of an idea. Everyone passes through the Microchip store > >once or twice. One could make up a simple sign that says 'Piclist > >getogether at the east pool Thursday night at 7:00'. If we did something > >like that, and folks got a day or two to see it, then it might work. But > >you have to find out what the events schedule is before you make the > >sign. > > > >Chris~ > > > > > > > > >-- > >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > Larry G. Nelson Sr. > mailto:L.Nelson@ieee.org > http://www.ultranet.com/~nr > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body