These photos were taken at the USENIX annual conference in Boston.

A lot of people arrived round the start of the tutorials, but hung around the hallways talking. We arranged a “BSD couch” conveniently close to an 802.11b wireless network access point for them to hack.

We needed power for our laptops, of course. Digging under a sofa, this is what we found:

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On 26 June was Brian Somers' birthday. Here we are in the bar of the hotel starting the celebration. Brian didn't like being in the limelight, so I gave him a blindfold to keep the light out.

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Below, FLTR Robert Watson, Nik Clayton and Doug Rabson.

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Michael Wu, Robert Watson.

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After that we went to an Indian place somebody had found. The food was not good. Below, <mumble>, Arjan de Vet, <mumble>, Robert Watson.

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Below, Doug Rabson, Michael Wu.

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Nik Clayton and Philippe Regnauld

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Philippe Regnauld

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Doug Rabson and Greg Lehey

Photos of the conference dinner. The food may have been good, but the queues were so long that I hardly got at the food. I'm glad that I insisted that we have table service at the AUUG annual conference.

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Even during the conference dinnner, we couldn't stop people hacking. Here's John Baldwin, otherwise known as BigKnife:

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Below, John Baldwin, Jake Burkholder.

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Below, John Baldwin, Jake Burkholder, Peter Wemm.

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After the conference we kicked on in the bar. I don't know everybody who was there; please contact me if you can help me flesh out the names.

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Joe Battle, Luke Mewburn, Herb Peyerl.

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Luke Mewburn, Herb Peyerl, Mike Karels, David O'Brien.

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On the left, Luke Mewburn, Herb Peyerl, Mike Karels, David O'Brien, Paul Richards.

On the last day of the conference, we held a “Kernel Summit”.