I'm up insanely early to get the train to Paris. The Eurostar goes at 9:07 GMT. I got up at 5am to leave at 6am for a 7am train to London to get there just before 8am. I prefer Eurostar to flying. When I last travelled on Eurostar, the procedure is a lot less of a nusiance than flying. You only have to get their 45 minutes before departure, and you don't have to bother with checking luggage in. They also have plug sockets available on most seats in standard class. 
Update: They don't have plug sockets in standard class any more. Quite, quite annoying.
It'll be interesting to see whether the French let me in - I've got a couple of American stamps in my passport, although I'm sure stamps from sunny, liberal BOS shouldn't be a problem. I've also committed the cardinal sin of travellers and left my bloody headphones at home. I really hope Waterloo has somewhere open at 8am where I can buy headphones.
I'm meeting up with some folks for a pre-conference meal tonight. If you are at Le Web too and want to meet up with me, just post me a quick comment with your e-mail attached and I should be able to shoot right back to ya.
