As explained in this earlier post, for this week and the next instead of running my usual weekly arXiv column, I’ll use this blog as a conference diary for two conferences I’ll be attending. I don’t yet know how this is going to pan out (in terms of format, etc.), I guess I’ll figure out on the fly what’s the best way of doing this, but don’t expect anything neat and orderly . This is pretty much the digital equivalent of the type of things I would jot down on the conference notepad if these conferences were happening in person (including possibly some extra-physics stuff from time to time, depending on how bored I am?). As such, take whatever is written here with a grain of salt. I hope you enjoy it!