NOC in a Crate

From Sun.

This is quite possibly the Greatest Thing Ever ^(TM).  Paul, can I have one of these to power the website?

Back from Austin

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.

I will write a proper entry on this once I have recovered, but for now I leave you with this very important question:

Why in the world did the water in Austin taste like moldy dirt?

Pictures and more witty banter to come.

The upside of being early

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.

Oh, and I have decided to try and have an official, impromptu gathering of blogger-type people at Austin Java Company on Tuesday night, around 8:00 I should think.  Nothing to formal, I would just like to sit and chat with some local blogger types if I could.

I have chosen this location since it has A.) free wifi, and B.) is like 3 minutes from the Hilton where I am staying.  If someone out there can offer a better location that meets my two requirements, then by all means suggest it.

Off to Austin

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.

In a comical twist of fate, I am going to be arriving in Austin a day early for the conference... everyone else will be arriving tomorrow (Sunday). So if there are any WordPressers in the greater Austin Area who wold like to get together and have some coffee or something, I would be up for it.

I will be staying in the new Hilton Austin downtown, so if you want to hang out, you can give me a call there, or comment here. I wouldn't mind getting together in the evening sometime this coming week as well.  The Good Dr. will be at ApacheCon as well... and I might be able to convince him to come out for a bit as well.

Onward to Ohio Linuxfest

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.

Gotta go now, time for bed.

Avast, Ye.

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 apologize for the lack of updates lately, but things have been hectic at work, at home and at work #2 (my social software company, currently in stealth mode).  I am prepping a new tutorial on abusing the object system in PHP 5 for wealth and glory as well as polishing up an update to CJD Notepad that among other shiny things, integrates your notes with the Write Post screen, so you can access those notes from everywhere.

Until next time then.

One of the worst days

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!

A little video for you all

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

Unfortunately

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.

Have a good time for me people, and give Bryan a proper congrats for joining Automattic.

Don't ask me why

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.

In more serious matters, I have been swamped at work, as well as on a sideproject of mine I will be unveiling soon.  Should be interesting when I launch my new venture... to say the least.

Until then, stay sharp and stay lean.