Wow, what a long day already, and almost nothing done yet. Started with a drop-off at the train station at 11am this morning, arrived on the Gold Coast at 3pm, got to the hotel at 4pm, picked up a Netbook at the venue at 5pm, then back to the hotel and dinner, then back to the mixer to meet my friend that came her independently.

Finally a chance to sit still and properly admire the full glory of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit on a netbook. Very nice... very smooth!

Apparently, the Win 7 will expire in a month or so, but to make up for that we were given a full complimentary copy on DVD with registration key... flag-ship next-gen OS version for free... and I can already say I am loving it.

I have installed all my favourites; Firefox, Thunderbird, WinAmp, and newly favourite Trillian. Pinned them all to the taskbar for convenience. Still need to do a little bit of optimisation of the various UIs to compensate for the limited vertical resolution, but all-in-all it is a lot more usable than I would have expected.

Now, I need a little rest. Once I have some decent pictures I'll have a go at uploading them. For now... Zzzzzzz.