yah. I've learned mainly that the research environment in our lab is better. that's both reassuring (yay I work in a cool place most of the time!) and disappointing (not all industry research jobs are rockin' with the helpful research environment).

I at least have internet at the hotel, so I can stay in the loop with other stuff. And I have some work I can do usefully here, even without the network, but it doesn't bode well for collaboration.