It just occurred to me that I could simply use the web browser to post blog entries directly. Since the blog software is pretty light bandwidth wise it works Ok. So this means my blog will be even more like a kitty-blog journal. This week I am off to Heerlen NL to visit the Open University of NL and then on Wednesday I am off to Tilburg NL to participate in the Ticer Digital Libraries ala carte 2007 course and then back Saturday. I am typing this as the door closes on my flight from Newark to Amsterdam.

I am on the bus to the airport at 7:15 AM entoute to Open University of the Netherlands and the Ticer Digital Libraries course in Tilburg, NL. I am pretty foggy due to lack of sleep (no alcohol was involved). I was at OzzFest with Brent yesterday.
Pictures and Video
OzzFest is amazing – it is like a controlled explosion – it is like a real festival – starts at noon and goes to midnight with about 10 bands – finishing up with Ozzy Osborne.
We had a good time – early in the day they do less well kinown bands at the second-stage and there is a continuous mosh pit – you come and go as you like and get as close as you like / dare. We watched two bands with rest periods in between. We got close to a mosh pit – about four layers of people away – at one point a dude came flying out in our general direction and scattered the people and almost knocked us all down. Just close enough to get a sense – not so close to be in any dnager.
We moved at a slow pace because of Brent’s crutches so we walked and sat a lot.
As the day moved into evening, we switched to the main stage – five great bands -I kept in my earplugs 50% of the time to make sure I could hear Ozzy :). We had great seats with good sight lines – and thank heaven we were not on the lawn.
Ozzy was great – all in all a great way to spend the last day o summer vacation.
The bus is pulling up to Detroit Airport so I have to cut this short.