No I didn't visit the PDC and yes,
just like Ben am drowning in the
Linq is here blogposts. Instead of reading all that I would recommend
this Channel 9 video. In 30 minutes time Anders himself talks from his office about what and why Linq is. Very clear and a delight to watch. Not about OR-mappers and related stuff but about new
basic building blocks for the .NET framework. Stay #.