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Tracked down John Wetherill, Java developer extraordinaire and all-around-good guy...

he was hard at work in the nerve center of the Pavilion floor.

Talked to him about what he was working on...

And here's another MaryMaryQuiteContary blog exclusive... attendees at the SunNetwork Shanghai show will have the chance to win some fabulous prizes in a Lucky Draw game.

Numbered ping pong balls chosen at random?

Are you kidding? This is a Sun conference. 

Java.

John built an animated wheel of fortune application using Java 2D. When I was talking to him about it, he started going into some stuff about "transparency" and "images" and while I like to think that i can talk the talk with the techno savvy, truth is i can't really... so i told him so and he nodded in that knowing kind of way.

Anyway, the attendees don't even know about this yet, people.

I promised exclusives and I deliver.

I'll work it and see what else I can come up with.

mary

I'm over at the SICC this morning. That's the venue where SunNetwork Shanghai is being held. It's a hub of activity. 

In the first of (what i hope to be) many MaryMaryQuiteContrary blog exclusives, today we had an impromptu interview with Mike Miller of TWI Group.

Mike helped Sun ship all the equipment and supplies needed to put on the show, here at SunNetwork Shanghai.

Q: So how much stuff did you ship?

A: About 19,000 kilos (that's about 41,800 pounds or about 19 tons, depending on what kind of ton you're talking about)

Q: How many containers?

A: 89

Q: Slow boat to China?

A: Air.

Q: Oh?

A: Saltwater. It's bad for the equipment.

That Mike. He's not much of a talker ;-)

So I gotta go get some more scoop for you. stay tuned...

mary

I am in Shanghai! It's thrilling. There's just no other word for it. I just can't even believe it myself.

It took 24 hours to get here door to door. And man, when I got here I was zonked. It's a killer trip. I'm working hard to get over the jet lag so that I can be in tip-top shape to cover the conference for you.

Check out what I saw as soon as I cleared immigraiton:

I was so excited. Isn't that neat!

So SunNetwork is definately imprinting a mark on this very vibrant city.

This morning I went to the Convention Center to check everything out. They were still setting up and didn't let me in. (Normally, I would just work the angles and get in. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as good at working the angles when the guy I'm talking to doesn't actually speak any english. But I could see a ton of activity.

I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow because even though the Conference will not officially be open, I feel confident that I will manage to get in and give you an early sneak-peak on what's being planned.

That's all for now.

mary