My luxurious jet-set lifestyle is taking me to the San Francisco area in a week. September 10th through the 14th, I'll be in the general area of all things 2.0. I'm truly excited to finally get to meet my coworkers. Yes, I've worked for Radar Networks for just about a year now. No, I've never met a single coworker while employed with Radar Networks. I have met Peter Royal before, but that was before either of us worked for the company.

I am tentatively thinking of a Tuesday (12 September) evening Codehaus Oof Uncamp Conference 2.0, where hausmates, sympathizers, collaborators and detractors can gather to do no camping but rather consume some Beers 2.0 . Though, who knows. Maybe we'll do it Wednesday, or Sunday. We're agile.

Locals will need to suggest some good location and pick my ass up near Chinatown.

Well, I've managed to procure both travel and lodging for OSCon in Portland this week. I still don't actually have a conference pass, but what is life without challenges? If you're an exhibitor or just a friendly soul who has a spare pass or would like to sponsor me, email bob@ this domain.

I'm arriving around lunchtime on Wednesday, and departing at the break of day on Friday. I think I'm going to the Jive Software party. Henri Yandell has suggested a haus party on Wednesday night, but we'll see how things pan out. I can be SMS'd on my shoephone, which can be found on my contact page.

I will be holding court at the Vinings Starbucks , in Atlanta, Saturday night, with my son. I'll probably be there around 8pm or so. Email me (bob@ this domain) if you need more information or anything.

• Flew to JBossWorld conference in Vegas
• Lost $200 on slots
• Wife won $240 on slots
• Went to a party at the top of the world (with go-go dancers, see photos)
• Hung out with Thomas Diesler, Mark Proctor, and Tom Bayeans. (Belgian farmboys are funny when drunk)
• Helped present a Drools/JBoss Rules BoF
• Saw Penn Teller
• Flew home
• Got food poisoning (Recovering, mostly complete)

Don't forget kids, next week I'll be at that JBoss conference, where I'll be pitching in on the JBoss Rules BOF, in Vegas, with that vegetarian Mark Proctor. And remember Mark, nobody likes a vegetarian. Though, maybe we like you a little bit for kicking ass and getting Drools 3.0 out the door. Rock on, you little British man, rock on!

Last night at the Best Buy, I picked up Phish's NYE'95 show, which is quite a nice 3-disc set. As my attorney says, wouldn't it be great if every show was like a New Year's Eve show? While listening to it, I started surfing and found a nice tidbit about a show with Phil Lesh Friends in Asheville. Mike of Phish will be there along with the recently-blogged Benevento/Russo Duo. That's awesome.

I pinged my attorney, and his wife is letting him out of the house for a jamband road trip up to Asheville. I remember the days of it being difficult to get Dead tickets (though, I've been close enough to see Jerry sweating all over his guitar) so was quite pleased to find tickets still availlable for this Asheville show. Alas, through Ticketmaster. But after being suitably brutalized by their "service fees", I've got 2 tickets en-route.

(And yes, referring to my school buddy as "my attorney" is an affectation and reference to Hunter S. Thompson.)

Shortly after the marriage of JBoss and RedHat, the JBossWorld conference will be happening in Las Vegas. Rebecca and I will be flying out there to hang out with Michael Neale and Mark Proctor of the Drools project. If you find yourself in Vegas around mid-June, look me up and we'll have a beer.