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  <title>DrupalCon</title>
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  <updated>2007-09-22T08:43:48-05:00</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>When your hotel is in Cambridge</title>
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    <published>2008-03-02T19:47:38-06:00</published>
    <updated>2008-03-02T19:49:26-06:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Laura Scott</name>
    </author>
    <category term="Boston" />
    <category term="Drupal" />
    <category term="DrupalCon" />
    <category term="DrupalCon Boston 2008" />
    <category term="Harvard" />
    <category term="MIT" />
    <category term="physics" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>...you might expect to see in the hotel a bedspread like this. <a href="http://pingv.com/about/people/katherine-lawrence">Kate</a> told me immediately that she could define each one. Of course I felt like a mental mouse.</p>
<p>So here's a challenge: What do these formulae mean? (And John and Rad, you can answer only one -- give everyone else a chance!)</p>
<p>Quite an auspicious way to kick off <a href="http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/">a week of Drupal</a>, I'd say.</p>
    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>...you might expect to see in the hotel a bedspread like this. <a href="http://pingv.com/about/people/katherine-lawrence">Kate</a> told me immediately that she could define each one. Of course I felt like a mental mouse.</p>
<p>So here's a challenge: What do these formulae mean? (And John and Rad, you can answer only one -- give everyone else a chance!)</p>
<p>Quite an auspicious way to kick off <a href="http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/">a week of Drupal</a>, I'd say.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>Get yer yayas out! DrupalCon propsals deadline approaches</title>
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    <published>2008-01-31T13:54:27-06:00</published>
    <updated>2008-01-31T13:54:27-06:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Laura Scott</name>
    </author>
    <category term="Drupal" />
    <category term="DrupalCon" />
    <category term="DrupalCon Boston 2008" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Drupal developers, designers, administrators and users, the time is <a href="http://drupal.org/node/216416">now</a> to <a href="http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/sessions">submit your session proposals for DrupalCon Boston 2008</a>.</p>
<p>There also are some <a href="https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&amp;eventID=62192">discounted hotel rooms available</a>, but the pricing is available only until February 18th.</p>
<p>Are you going to Boston? If you're not sure, consider this: You will be with nearly 1000 Drupal aficionados, including many luminaries in our Drupal community. If you have any interest and even just a smidge of passion for Drupal, and if prior DrupalCons are any indication, you will come away with a real buzz, with new knowledge about all sorts of things Drupal, with new business and social contacts, and perhaps a few new lifelong friends. For me, it's fun matching Drupal handles and faces, and wonderful to hear the voices behind what for most of us are just typed words in IRC, emails and forums.</p>
<p>I went to OSCMS 2007 and DrupalCon Barcelona 2007, and both times I came away with a real high. DrupalCon Boston 2008 stands to be as big as both of those combined, and with the Drupal 6 launch coming any day now, this is going to be the Drupal event not to miss!</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p>
    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Drupal developers, designers, administrators and users, the time is <a href="http://drupal.org/node/216416">now</a> to <a href="http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/sessions">submit your session proposals for DrupalCon Boston 2008</a>.</p>
<p>There also are some <a href="https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&amp;eventID=62192">discounted hotel rooms available</a>, but the pricing is available only until February 18th.</p>
<p>Are you going to Boston? If you're not sure, consider this: You will be with nearly 1000 Drupal aficionados, including many luminaries in our Drupal community. If you have any interest and even just a smidge of passion for Drupal, and if prior DrupalCons are any indication, you will come away with a real buzz, with new knowledge about all sorts of things Drupal, with new business and social contacts, and perhaps a few new lifelong friends. For me, it's fun matching Drupal handles and faces, and wonderful to hear the voices behind what for most of us are just typed words in IRC, emails and forums.</p>
<p>I went to OSCMS 2007 and DrupalCon Barcelona 2007, and both times I came away with a real high. DrupalCon Boston 2008 stands to be as big as both of those combined, and with the Drupal 6 launch coming any day now, this is going to be the Drupal event not to miss!</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>¡Bon dia des Barcelona! (Things I would have Twittered if I had had the time.)</title>
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    <id>http://rarepattern.com/nodes/2007/09/bon-dia-des-barcelona-an-offline-tweet-record</id>
    <published>2007-09-22T08:42:17-05:00</published>
    <updated>2007-09-22T08:43:48-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Laura Scott</name>
    </author>
    <category term="airlines" />
    <category term="Drupal" />
    <category term="DrupalCon" />
    <category term="DrupalCon Barcelona 2007" />
    <category term="events" />
    <category term="travel" />
    <category term="Twitter" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Sunday night, 8:35pm<br />foundnd passport that has been missing for several months.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:35:05pm<br />realized that I can now go to <a href="http://barcelona2007.drupalcon.org/">DrupalCon Barcelona 2007</a>.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:36pm <br />opened up Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity to look up airfares....</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:42pm <br />agonizing over how much they've gone up.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 11:38pm<br />bought round-trip plane ticket.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 11:47pm <br />realized that I am indeed going to Barcelona. The usual pre-travel anxiety is setting in. Ack!</p>
<p>Monday, 10:57am<br />trying to do all the things that I would have taken a week to do, had I had a week before leaving.</p>
<p>Monday, 5:00pm <br />managed to cover the entire todo list. now going for essential manicure/pedicure. </p>
<p>Monday, 5:05pm<br />Reveling in the foot bath and massage.</p>
<p>Monday, 6:12pm<br />got home and had a glass of wine.</p>
<p>Monday, 7:23pm<br />started packing.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 12:35am<br />stopped packing. (Not finished, but somewhat close. I'm terrible at packing.)</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:45am<br />got up and showered</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:05am<br />got through Denver International Airport security. Not much of a crowd but we had to walk all the zigs and zags of the line. Disneyland.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:45am<br />sat down for a Wolfgang Puck pizza. Just about the earliest I've ever eaten a fresh-baked pizza!</p>
<p>Tuesday, 10:45am<br />Wheels up.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 3:45pm<br />Landed in Philly.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:10pm<br />Walked a mile through the airport to the international terminal. Thankfully all behind security.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:30pm<br />Airline agent okayed my first-class upgrade request. Now $500 poorer.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 6:17pm<br />Taking my seat in first class. A glass of champagne and four feet of &quot;legroom&quot; ... Not regretting those $500 one bit!</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:05pm<br />Plane still has not taken off. Apparently a radio is defective.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:20pm<br />All passengers were offloaded from the plane. We're told we can get $10 off for &quot;dinner&quot; at McDonald's down another terminal.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:45pm<br />Stopped at a restaurant after walking a mile. Ordered a wine and salmon dinner.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:30pm<br />Airline has changed estimated departure from 9:30pm to 10:30pm.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:32pm<br />Airline worker just announced that they may not be able to fix the plane and have to cancel the flight.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:36pm<br />The plane has been fixed. Everyone is crushing back onto the plane.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 9:15pm<br />Plane is getting in line for take-off.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 9:40pm<br />Wheels up.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 10:15pm<br />Looking forward to more wine and filet dinner.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 1:00am<br />Reclined almost flat. Going to sleep now.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 11:55am<br />Touchdown in Barcelona.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 12:35pm<br />Wow! Passport check was fast, my bag came around the conveyor quickly, and customs just ignored me as I walked by. Getting a cab.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 12:50pm<br />A taxi driver has grabbed my bag out of my hand. I guess he's going to drive me where I'm going.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 1:45pm<br />Despite the address and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&amp;q=can+suris&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;hl=ca&amp;z=17&amp;t=k&amp;msid=116823119334257431416.00000111f12c3209d0ef6&amp;msa=0">Google Map printout of the destination</a>, the driver is lost.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 2:10pm<br />Driving up and down streets, I saw <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samatason/1409066843/">the DrupalCon sign</a>. The driver stopped in the middle of the narrow street. I've arrived!</p>
<p>Wednesday, 2:15pm<br />Realized I am seriously jet-lagged.</p>
    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Sunday night, 8:35pm<br />foundnd passport that has been missing for several months.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:35:05pm<br />realized that I can now go to <a href="http://barcelona2007.drupalcon.org/">DrupalCon Barcelona 2007</a>.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:36pm <br />opened up Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity to look up airfares....</p>
<p>Sunday night, 8:42pm <br />agonizing over how much they've gone up.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 11:38pm<br />bought round-trip plane ticket.</p>
<p>Sunday night, 11:47pm <br />realized that I am indeed going to Barcelona. The usual pre-travel anxiety is setting in. Ack!</p>
<p>Monday, 10:57am<br />trying to do all the things that I would have taken a week to do, had I had a week before leaving.</p>
<p>Monday, 5:00pm <br />managed to cover the entire todo list. now going for essential manicure/pedicure. </p>
<p>Monday, 5:05pm<br />Reveling in the foot bath and massage.</p>
<p>Monday, 6:12pm<br />got home and had a glass of wine.</p>
<p>Monday, 7:23pm<br />started packing.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 12:35am<br />stopped packing. (Not finished, but somewhat close. I'm terrible at packing.)</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:45am<br />got up and showered</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:05am<br />got through Denver International Airport security. Not much of a crowd but we had to walk all the zigs and zags of the line. Disneyland.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:45am<br />sat down for a Wolfgang Puck pizza. Just about the earliest I've ever eaten a fresh-baked pizza!</p>
<p>Tuesday, 10:45am<br />Wheels up.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 3:45pm<br />Landed in Philly.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:10pm<br />Walked a mile through the airport to the international terminal. Thankfully all behind security.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 4:30pm<br />Airline agent okayed my first-class upgrade request. Now $500 poorer.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 6:17pm<br />Taking my seat in first class. A glass of champagne and four feet of &quot;legroom&quot; ... Not regretting those $500 one bit!</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:05pm<br />Plane still has not taken off. Apparently a radio is defective.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:20pm<br />All passengers were offloaded from the plane. We're told we can get $10 off for &quot;dinner&quot; at McDonald's down another terminal.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 7:45pm<br />Stopped at a restaurant after walking a mile. Ordered a wine and salmon dinner.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:30pm<br />Airline has changed estimated departure from 9:30pm to 10:30pm.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:32pm<br />Airline worker just announced that they may not be able to fix the plane and have to cancel the flight.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 8:36pm<br />The plane has been fixed. Everyone is crushing back onto the plane.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 9:15pm<br />Plane is getting in line for take-off.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 9:40pm<br />Wheels up.</p>
<p>Tuesday, 10:15pm<br />Looking forward to more wine and filet dinner.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 1:00am<br />Reclined almost flat. Going to sleep now.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 11:55am<br />Touchdown in Barcelona.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 12:35pm<br />Wow! Passport check was fast, my bag came around the conveyor quickly, and customs just ignored me as I walked by. Getting a cab.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 12:50pm<br />A taxi driver has grabbed my bag out of my hand. I guess he's going to drive me where I'm going.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 1:45pm<br />Despite the address and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&amp;q=can+suris&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;hl=ca&amp;z=17&amp;t=k&amp;msid=116823119334257431416.00000111f12c3209d0ef6&amp;msa=0">Google Map printout of the destination</a>, the driver is lost.</p>
<p>Wednesday, 2:10pm<br />Driving up and down streets, I saw <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samatason/1409066843/">the DrupalCon sign</a>. The driver stopped in the middle of the narrow street. I've arrived!</p>
<p>Wednesday, 2:15pm<br />Realized I am seriously jet-lagged.</p>
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