conference for geeks

I'm at a scientific meeting on an analytical method at Cambridge. There are no words to express how boring it is. If there is such thing as excessive specialisation, I think I have just topped it. It's oh so cold and all the rooms of the college come out to an external courtyard. So everytime you walk anywhere, you freeze to the bone. Ah! Also, here is the home of the first smoking area with limited hours access, only 8 am to 11 pm. You can bugger off if you need a cigarette out of hours. You filthy smoker!