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Mar 03 2007, 13:28 EST [updated Mar 03 2007, 13:57 EST]

Flight was delayed before leaving Houston due to weather in Boston. Got in around midnight. It could have been worse.

A good con. Four days of sprinting was too long. The population of sprinters dropped by about one third a day so on the last day there was almost no one.

I left my car parked on the street and it wasn't towed, which is nice. There was at least some snow in Boston but not enough for a "snow emergency." If an emergency is declared they tow all the cars on one side of the street to make plowing easier (you have to move to a muni parking lot or school playground for a day). Technically you have to move your car every 48 hours but in Somerville this is rarely enforced. An alternate theory is that I have an angel on my shoulder in the form of the ladies down at the office of Traffic and Parking. I'll write up the full story some day but the short version goes like this:

smiling

I'd like to say thanks to all the sponsoring orgs. The PSF and organizers who did the yoemans work. Also to EWT, CCP games, Tummy.com, and Google who helped make the con social by sending contingents and sponsoring off-book events. Also to the Twisted and Canonical guys who had devs with strong opinions that made post-dinner converstations more interesting.

My post-con TODO list includes getting some of the Boston Twisted guys into Sunday bowling and dropping by the Tabblo office with a case of beer in exchange for the nickel tour.

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Back from PyCon [jackdied] Mar 03 2007, 13:28 EST [updated Mar 03 2007, 13:57 EST] [permalink] Flight was delayed before leaving Houston due to weather in Boston. Got in around midnight. It could have been worse. A good con. Four days of sprinting was too long. The population of sprinters dropped by about one third a day so on the last day there was almost no one. I left my car parked on the street and it wasn't towed, which is nice. There was at least some snow in Boston but not enough for a "snow emergency." If an emergency is declared they tow all the cars on one side of the street to make plowing easier (you have to move to a muni parking lot or school playground for a day). Technically you have to move your car every 48 hours but in Somerville this is rarely enforced. An alternate theory is that I have an angel on my shoulder in the form of the ladies down at the office of Traffic and Parking. I'll write up the full story some day but the short version goes like this: Me: I'm here to pay my tickets. Ladies: You total due is ... oh my god. Me: [present $2700 in cash] Ladies: Why aren't you yelling? Me: I can, would it help? Ladies: No .. but why are you smiling? Me: It can't hurt. Ladies: I have a niece about your age... I'd like to say thanks to all the sponsoring orgs. The PSF and organizers who did the yoemans work. Also to EWT, CCP games, Tummy.com, and Google who helped make the con social by sending contingents and sponsoring off-book events. Also to the Twisted and Canonical guys who had devs with strong opinions that made post-dinner converstations more interesting. My post-con TODO list includes getting some of the Boston Twisted guys into Sunday bowling and dropping by the Tabblo office with a case of beer in exchange for the nickel tour.	Current Quickies Archives None Yet Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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