Siggraph Day 1

Oh yeah! Day 1. What can I say...Amazing. Last night we got in to Boston, tracked down Tom, Kristoff and Josh and headed over to the pub for some stella's. Good times. This morning we all crawled out of bed (I was feeling a little rough) and headed over to register for the event (we are actually staying right across the street from siggraph). The exhibit floor was ofcourse still under construction for tommorow's opening but we could see it through the glass and focourse it all looks amazing. Next we headed over to the Autodesk user group event and man was that shweeeeeeeet! Maya 8 was announced (it can be downloaded as of right now via download as a platinum user). They also awarded 3 new maya masters awards and added the award category to the max community as well. Last but not least they showed off some of the new Maya 8 features before kicking off the party (free unlimited food and alcohol for everyone that attended). Ok, I have more to talk about but I have to get to bed...Jason Scleifer's class at 0800 hours.