The end of the Code Generation 2007 early-bird booking period last Friday saw a flurry of bookings come in - which was very pleasing However, some people did report problems paying with credit cards through paypal. This seems to be caused by corporate credit cards blocking payments through paypal. We can issue invoices if people can’t pay in this way but this has meant a little more administration than we’d planned for but we don’t mind really. If you’re one of the people who tried to pay but had problems then please get in touch.

I’ve also been collating suggestions for Heffers who will be running the book stall. Most of the session leaders have now come back to me on this so we should have a good selection of the best code generation books around. With a fair wind we should also have copies of the Microsoft DSL team’s new book (Domain Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools) hot off the presses. You get 10% off any book bought at the event.

I also met with the Gonville Hotel conference manager again last week and things are coming together w.r.t. the conference dinner. Most importantly the menu and wine have now been selected. A vegetarian option will be available for the non-carnivorous and a non-alcoholic option will be available for the non-alcoholics.

Finally, we’ve had a look at where people coming to the event web site are visiting from. The picture below shows where the bulk of the traffic came from on Sunday. Click on the image for a more complete view.