Jeff's Tool Shed

I started writing this yesterday while flying to Dallas. Unfortunately, the TypePad application on my iPhone crapped out on me, so I’m just now posting it. The upside of it is I added to the original text, making it an even better post. Well, it had nowhere to go but up anyway…

I’m sitting on a plane flying towards Dallas, the first leg of my trip to Orlando and SolidWorks World 2009. I have no idea what state I’m flying over. All I can see is a patchwork of flat land through the hazy clouds. It’s good that there’s something to look at outside or I’d probably be trying to make small-talk with the gorgeous blonde sitting next to me. Given my luck with women lately, I’d probably end up being escorted off the plane by members of the DFW Airport police. Yeah, the flatness outside is much better than the curves next to me…right.

Tomorrow is when the fun really starts. Lunch with an old friend, a roundtable discussion with SolidWorks and some of my fellow bloggers followed by my first ever “tweetup”. Good God, when did I become such a geek? Sunday, I’ll be…um, she’s talking to me! More later.

Ok, I’m back. After landing early at DFW, followed by a long wait on the tarmac which resulted in us getting to the gate late (ah, the irony), Tina and I parted ways. She had to catch a flight to Houston, I needed to find food. I’m sitting in a TGIFridays, waiting for my fish and chips to arrive. How bad could fish and chips be in Texas?

On Sunday I thought I had more to do, but I only see one thing on my calendar. I can’t talk about it because it’s a surprise, or at least I think it is. I’d hate to be the one to let the cat out of the bag, so I’ll just keep my mouth shut. I am contemplating taking the CSWP exam, again, just to see how different it is from the last two times I’ve taken it. Well that, and I’m interviewing Jeremy Luchini on Tuesday and would like to be able to speak intelligently about the exam and how its changed over the years. I suppose it’ll depend on what sort of hijinx Alex gets us into Saturday night. So long as that uber-geek doesn’t get me arrested, it’ll all be good.

It’s now Saturday morning and I’m sitting in my hotel room, finishing this post. Last night, after checking in, I spent some quality time with some people from SolidWorks. It was nice to interact with them outside of “business”.

I’ve been checking twitter, and many more twitterers and bloggers are converging on Orlando. Tonight’s tweetup should be a blast, if last night’s precursor was any indication.

Stay tuned, my loyal reader, there’s more to come.