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From	Sent On	Attachments
Ed Reed	29 Jan 2007 13:56
Joshua J. Kugler	29 Jan 2007 16:36
Ed Reed	29 Jan 2007 17:24
Mike Wexler	29 Jan 2007 17:37
Eric Braswell	30 Jan 2007 00:01
mizi...@netscape.net	30 Jan 2007 06:40
Jerry Schwartz	30 Jan 2007 07:15
Steve Edberg	30 Jan 2007 11:59

Subject:	Getting OT re San Jose (was RE: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium)
From:	Steve Edberg (sbed...@ucdavis.edu)
Date:	01/30/2007 11:59:52 AM
List:	com.mysql.lists.mysql

I'd second the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum:

http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/

Also the Computer History Museum (located in the former SGI International Sales Office, I believe) is HIGHLY recommended by me...one of the docents there the last time I visited was Gene Amdahl! They have a working PDP-1, Cray 1, 2, 3 and Y-MP, and one of Google's first server racks, among tons of other stuff. They're in Mountain View, but it's not far, and would amply justify a carpool:

http://www.computerhistory.org/

Intel's museum is in Santa Clara (never been there myself):

http://www.intel.com/museum/index.htm

And the San Jose Museum of Art:

http://www.sjmusart.org/

I found this exhibition to be quite interesting:

http://www.sjmusart.org/content/exhibitions/current/exhibition_info.phtml?itemID=324

And if you have kids with you (including inner children...), there's

http://www.cdm.org/

Never been there, though, so I can't vouch for it. Interested in aviation/space?

http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/exploration.html

http://www.hiller.org/

steve, museum nerd

At 10:16 AM -0500 1/30/07, Jerry Schwartz wrote:

If you are into ancient Egypt, check out the Rosicrucian museum in San Jose.

Regards,

860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341

-----Original Message----- From: Eric Braswell [mailto:ebra...@mysql.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:02 AM To: Mike Wexler Cc: Ed Reed; mys...@lists.mysql.com; comm...@mysql.com Subject: Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium

Great idea! Tips on how to get around, good local restaurants (if you like Vietnamese, San Jose is the place), and other things to do when you need a break... There is really a great deal just a short distance away, but you have to know how to get there. It's possible there was something like this last year, but I live in the area so I didn't look for it.

I'm in full agreement that a conference is just that much better when it includes a little variety, a chance to get away from the drab convention hall, and a chance to socialize a little.

One thing I suggest is to attend the Quiz Show (Wed 8pm) or other "after hours" activities. Great fun, and a good way to hook up with people for dinner or drinks away from the center.

Eric

-- Eric Braswell Web Manager MySQL AB Cupertino, USA

Mike Wexler wrote:

The area by the Santa Clara convention center is pretty dead, but you can take the light rail to downtown San Jose and there is a pretty lively nightlife there, lots of interesting restaurants, The Tech Museum and other things depending on you interests. Also there are lots more interesting places to eat than sizzler within in 5 minute drive of the convention center.

Perhaps what is needed is either a nice cheatsheet of what to do and where to go? Or perhaps some of the locals could volunteer to be "ambassadors" and take people with similar interests to local activities, restaurants or points of interest.