As per my last post, I'm going to be heading up to Portland, OR soon, in order to attend O'Reilly's Open Source Convention. But before I go to Portland, I'm actually heading out to Pittsburgh, to attend a wedding of an old friend from CWRU, Ediri. It's actually a little crazy: I'm going to spend practically all day tomorrow flying out to Pittsburgh, I'll have Saturday to spend in and around town (and attend the wedding), then early on Sunday morning I fly to Portland, where I will arrive, fresh-as-a-daisy, for OSCON. I will finally return to the Bay Area on the 7th, sometime in the evening. So, I'm going to be pretty tired when I get back, from all of that flying. But all of my trips sound like they are going to be a lot of fun, so I reckon it is all going to be worth it.

Tangent: it seems a little odd sometimes to advertise the fact that I'm going to be away to the entire Internet. I mean, of course I want to blog about the fact that I am travelling, and what I am seeing and doing, etc. But, if nefarious people were reading this, it seems like I'm leaving "my stuff" unprotected. Lucikly, I have this covered. You see, my roommate, Kevin, won't be going anywhere while I'm gone, and I have sworn him to protect "my stuff" at all costs. Kevin is bulldog, proficient in 8 different forms of the martial arts. He is a firearms expert. He works out constantly. He can kill a man just by looking at him funny. So take that, Internet! Keep your hands off of my stuff, or else!

-Andy.