Is that when you confer with other people?

So, thanks to a variety of favourable factors, I've found myself making arrangements to attend a conference called LISA '08. It's the short name for the 22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference, which sounds more geeky than impressive, but there's a lot of interesting stuff going on, and it's in the USA, which is always cool to visit. I also get to put this on my blog which is incredibly geeky.

Anyway, I'm off to the conference (and hence the USA) on the 7th of November, and I land in San Diego (via LAX) about 2 hours before I leave, which is pretty sweet. The down side, of course, is that it takes a day and a half to get back to Sydney. Oh well. I'll be doing two or so days in San Francisco after the conference before flying back, which should be nice. I'm hoping to get some cheap shopping done because, despite the recent drop in the Australian dollar, it is still cheaper to get many things there than here.

Turning Japanese

Speaking of travel plans, it's looking like I'll also be going to Japan early next year. There are rough plans for doing a couple of weeks in Japan, and I'm hoping leave arrangements work in my favour to give me as much days off as I can get. However, I'd be more than happy with two weeks - a week and a bit snowboarding, and the rest sightseeing. More as it develops.