This week, I attended the 
Computing in High Energy Physics (CHEP) 2013 conference in Amsterdam to present a poster on Bosco.
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| Presenting the Bosco Poster | 
Throughout the conference there where many references to Bosco in talks.  First and foremost was the CMS talk on using Bosco to access Gordon: 
Opportunistic Computing only knocks once: Processing at SDSC.  Several other talks referenced Bosco when discussing access to opportunistic resources.
In addition to the conference, I was also able to explore Amsterdam.  On Wednesday, I visited the Van Gogh museum.
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| Me with a Van Gogh self portrait | 
It has been a great trip, but now I must return to reality, continuing writing my dissertation.