Mashed08 Part One: Bus
| June 21st, 2008I decided to go to Mashed08 when I was stuck in my invalid bed by my dislocated knee, unable to really move, and so the offer of travelling to a far-off Alexandra Palace in London for a developer conference sounded really fun.
This morning, however, it’s a different story. It’s also a story that starts at 2am, when myself, Brian and Alistair got picked up by a specially laid-on bus. However, there was, er… just us.
It got even better when we pulled into Sheffield at 4:30am, by which time it was completely light owing to the solstice. Lovely views of the city, which looks like a really fun place, but there were no nerds to be seen. Again, we had the entire bus to ourselves.
Essentially, the mashed08 bus from Newcastle was an all-expenses paid lift for me and my mates down to London (but only because no-one else showed up). I’m referring to this as the “Jonathan Ross Economic Trickledown Effect”.