Sydney -- the "Harbour City" -- is my home for the next few weeks. I am here training a new Guidewire customer. What a beautiful, cosmopolitan city.

Photos coming soon.

Top 10 lists of things to do in Sydney...
List 1 | List 2 | WikiTravel for Sydney

Seems like climbing the harbor bridge is tops on many lists. That'll be on my list for this weekend.

Posted by Justin Hall at 07:21 AM | Permalink

Bobby, Kim, Alex and I went and watched the Red Bull Flugtag competition today. News article and images recap the event below.

A record crowd of 110,000 gathered down by the bay to witness 35 teams launch their human-powered flying machines at Red Bull Flugtag Tampa Bay. It was the first craft of the day, local team Tampa Baywatch, that took home top prize with their hotter-than-"The Hoff" skit and a flight distance of 109 feet. "We knew we were going to fly, but we weren't sure how far. We were all freaking out a little bit being the first team off with over 100,000 people watching you. It's just amazing -- once in a lifetime," said Tampa Baywatch pilot, Keith Humphrey, who was joined on the flight deck by his twin, Kevin Humphrey, and teammates Chris Elmore, David West and Kevin Riley.

Check out the Red Bull pro PR photos.

Continue reading "Red Bull Flugtag Takes Tampa Bay by Storm" »

Posted by Justin Hall at 11:55 PM | Permalink

Red Bull's Flugtag competition came to Tampa Bay today. What is Flugtag? Teams build "air"craft and "fly" them off a ramp into the water. The flight is preceded by some show. Flight time/distance get measured and determine the winner. Several friends and I went to Bayshore, Tampa, and watched the event. (110,000 were estimated to be in attendance!)

Red Bull Flugtag Tampa Bay 2008

(News article below)

Continue reading "Red Bull Flugtag in Tampa" »

Posted by Justin Hall at 05:51 PM | Permalink

What better place to celebrate America's independence then in Paris. (big grin) Here are some photos from a recent weekend trip - over 4th of July holiday - to Paris and Cergy, France. Thanks to Gabe's family for letting me stay with them!

Visiting Gabe and Family in Cergy and Paris France

Posted by Justin Hall at 01:33 PM | Permalink

One of my RU colleagues passed along this (very funny) "Boston Consulting Group" (BCG) presentation called "Romance: A BCG Analysis". It is very funny, and maybe a little true, too.

Download the presentation

Posted by Justin Hall at 07:26 AM | Permalink