I had a fine time chatting with Galinat, Herb, Chris (dealer in front with nixies) and other folks I meet only at the Trenton Computer Fest. I always come home with great project ideas. I attended only one talk about new IoT (Internet of things). There's a $2 single chip solution with a 32 bit core (probably ARM), built in radio, crypto acceleration and other goodies. Quite the enabling technology to DO THINGS RIGHT *if properly implemented*. No Arduino needed! It might be right up there with the FTDI USB-serial chip for drop-in ease of use. I'd say many of the talks were timely and useful, with more scholarly topics and speakers with impressive bio/CV. I lament the loss of the flea market. I remember when it was so huge that 2 days was not enough to cover it all. Many regulars are gone, like the vendor with the camper selling laser tubes with brick power supply, solder spools and such. Gurrr, I can't remember the dealer who I always counted on for connectors and small parts. The only dealer who sold adapters like machine cord to 2 plain outlets. Not there this year :-(