Getting OT re San Jose (was RE: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States of America) Medium)

[Steve Edberg]

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,
>
>Jerry Schwartz
>Global Information Incorporated
>195 Farmington Ave.
>Farmington, CT 06032
>
>860.674.8796 / FAX: [phone]
>
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Eric Braswell [mailto:ebraswell@stripped]
>>  Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:02 AM
>>  To: Mike Wexler
>>  Cc: Ed Reed; mysql@stripped; community@stripped
>>  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.
>  >


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