Next weekend: NOTACON & Festifools

On Saturday, I'll have to miss the last Penguicon concom meeting because I'm going to man a table and promote Penguicon at NOTACON in Cleveland. For the last couple of months, I was struggling to arrange for Penguicon to preregister me for this out of my 2009 promotion budget, until it was too late and NOTACON prereg had closed. However, I had forgotten all along that I registered for it at Ohio Linux Fest back in the Fall! So it's all set. I only have to figure out where to inexpensively park the car. I'm looking forward to seeing friends and making new ones.

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On the first Sunday in April, there is a sort-of-parade, sort-of-mob-scene in downtown Ann Arbor with giant puppet costumes called Festifools. It reminds me in some ways of EPCOT's Millennium Parade. I eagerly signed up to help operate the puppets. Be there on Main St. between Washington and William from 4 to 5 PM to witness the spectacle!