SSWI — When in doubt, buff it out.

From Sun.

And man am I tired.

This ApacheCon was probably the busiest for me.  Between hacking on the secret project, and attending talks I barely had anytime to hang out with the extremely cool people that were there.  Austin was an extremely cool place.

So the upside of arriving someplace early is that sometimes, just sometimes, you are awarded with wonderful suprises.

I just had one of those times.  It seems that the man, the myth, Ken Coar arrived early as well.  I bumped into him on the elevator as I was going to find some grub.  He decided to accompany me and chat for a bit.  It was a wonderful, geeky time.  I respect and admire Ken a great deal so having time with him in a more intimate setting was a real treat.

I have arrived here in Austin and have checked into my hotel.  Other than the hotel not having any record of a reservation in my name for today, things have been pretty smooth.  Well it looks like doing something out tonite is a bust, since I am feeling pretty crappy from the flight out here.  Maybe tomorrow night when more people I know are actually here.

I am sitting here once again at Gate 3 at Bluegrass Airport wating to be whisked away to ApacheCon.

The rag-tag group of techy types from Wilmore have arrived (at least in part) in Columbus, and are readying themselves for the fun and penguins to be had tomorrow at Ohio Linuxfest!

I for one am very excited about this conference.  I first attended 2 years ago, and it was one of the best conference experiences I have had… Apachecon in Germany not withstanding.  If you are planning on being there tomorrow, find me and say what up, if you are not planning on being there tomorrow, then mark your calendar for next year; it is well worth your time.

Yes, it is that time of year again, International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and in celebration here is the desktop I made last year to celebrate.  Download and enjoy.

I just had one of the most stressful days of work in my life.  There have been administration changes at my place of employment, and with it some hard looks at the way we do business.  One of those looks was the website; I am going on vacation tomorrow to see some family, and I didn’t know until 5:00pm today if I would have a job when I returned.

No fun I tell you, no fun at all.  And yes, thankfully I still have a job!

Here is a short little video I took this morning.  I really need to get a new camera.  Click it! (it’s an MP4)

The money I was counting on to get me to SF for WordCamp isn’t going to make it to me in time, so I am going to be a no show.

I was really looking forward to meeting so many of you, and cornering Matt to have a little chat about current events in our community.  Looks like that will have to wait as well.

And as you can see I have decided to go back to my normal theme.  I hope you enjoyed this little stroll down spanish lane as much as I did.

But I felt like having half of my site in Spanish, so I activated this very interesting theme.