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Auckland: Western Springs & the Zoo

^ two of the star-attraction tiger cubs born at the Auckland zoo, in one of those moments that has the whole crowd going “awww…..”

Auckland had fair weather for my return, so I spent a few hours enjoying the sun in Western Springs park and the zoo.

Unkind Cuts

A prominent part of the CommunityOne/JavaOne decor was large photos like this, including a painted mural featuring James Gosling at a diner. I didn’t recognize most of the people, but was amused to see a familiar face at the registration booths. Didn’t realize til I looked at the photo today that they’d placed Simon Phipps under the “Alumni” registration sign.

Then there was this on the Atlassian booth:

so more Sun