San Diego. The Perl Conference 5.0. Highlights:

• The weather's great... kind of like Melbourne, warm and dry.
• We managed to get this amazing penthouse suite, completely by chance. We've been having parties every night.
• Caught up with a bunch of friends (and got to know some of them lots better, yay)
• Met a few new friends
• Met some "big names" who said nice things about me when we were introduced. It's great when you're all paranoid about going up to someone important, then as you approach they're all "Skud! Wonderful to meet you!" Ego-affirming.
• Presented yesterday. Got good reviews.
• Got wireless working on my laptop. I'm sitting in a session right now, and doing email and IRC and stuff. It's great.
• Had my photo taken by supersnail. I've posted some of the good ones on my site. Here they are.
• I've also posted the #perl photos

Lowlights:

• The Microsoft vs Open Source debate/panel/etc yesterday. Dull as hell. Should have slept through it. I had hoped that it would either be nasty or funny, but it was neither.
• The hotel's a long way from anywhere, and we have to find our own lunch today.
• The water tastes crappy

Home to Ottawa tomorrow morning, then off to Amsterdam for YAPC::Europe, then off to Pennsic the week after.