Nearing the end of OSCon

OSCon's final session and wrapup is only ten minutes away; sometime after 2pm or so they'll take down their network and I'll be left hungry and disconnected. The hunger I'll be able to do something about, but I'll have a lot of catching up to do on LJ when I get back.

Last night's music BOF only had 4 or 5 people including me; the only interesting thing was a folding travel banjo (made by Goldtone, IIRC) that somebody brought.

Few conferences are as well-connected as OSCon - basically you just attach to the open WiFi network, and you're in. Access in the hotel completely sucks; I probably won't even be able to print my boarding pass in their business center.

I've exchanged email with my project manager at Oasis; as long as we get the artwork files uploaded by 4pm (presumably EDT, so 1pm my time) Monday we're good to go. That's tighter than I'd like, but OK. I'll aim for Sunday evening.

On the whole it's been a good conference, but I'll be glad to get home.

Life after OSCon

I was wrong. The convention ended rather abruptly (after an excellent session on open source hardware featuring the proprietor of adafruit.com), but there were munchies and bottled water in the lobby, and the wireless net is still up for the moment. So I'll decompress a little, drop my backpack off in the hotel, and go out for walkies.

Only a little walkies

Not much at all in the way of walkies -- maybe 3-4 miles. Two years ago I spent all day Saturday on a walking tour of downtown Portland; this year I walked four blocks to a Walgreen's to get some Tums, once around the convention center (which is, admittedly, big), and collapsed in a metaphorical heap. I'll probably eat dinner in the hotel.

And my feet are giving me warning twinges. Damn it, I didn't notice any hill...

We're not even going to go into the hotel's flaky net connection. Even with a strong connection to a WAP it's a throw of the dice whether you'll actually get to a working DHCP server. I'll probably head for the airport directly after breakfast. They have free wireless. That works.

That's better!

A good dinner (halibut, Dead Guy ale, and a glass of Dalwhinnie in lieu of desert), a bit of a walk, enough water... My feet are still a little annoyed at me, but at least I'm not dragging around like a wet noodle.

I may have gotten a bit dehydrated this afternoon. Ya think?

Plus, before dinner, a reassuring call from my flower_cat. I'll be home with my Cat and my little girl tomorrow afternoon, and finishing up the artwork with artbeco sometime on Sunday.

Things are a little lonely here in Portland without cflute, who was here the last two times I was up here, but...

The bear will be OK. A business trip is all very well, but I miss my snuggles.