Heading to Boston for an FSF Meeting

Well, Cambridge, actually. The Free Software Foundation is holding its Annual Associate Member Meeting at MIT on Saturday, March 15. (You can become a member and go also!) ;-)

I started mulling over the idea of attending last month. It occurred to me I might be able to get a deal on a flight with my paltry 31K NWA miles, and that it would be good to get out and do something different. Being on a weekend, I wouldn’t need to take much time off from work. So, with permission from my patient, gracious, and lovely wife, it all came together.

I’m really looking forward to meeting some free software folks. Are you planning on going? :-) Also keeping my ear out for an informal meetup on Friday night, hopefully near MIT since I’ll be staying in the area and without a car.

Weather permitting, I’ll be walking around Boston on Friday and trying to get a bunch of touristy photos to share here and elsewhere. Recommendations for good photo opportunities are welcome. I’m thinking I’ll start out somewhere in the area of Boston Common and work my way towards my hotel over in Cambridge. Get a good 4-6 miles of walking in. Of course, this is assuming it’s not raining/snowing/freezing that day.

I’m usually not a light packer, but I’m hoping to get everything jammed in to one backpack for ease of travel. I haven’t flown for over two years, which was before all this silliness with the 3-ounce containers and quart-size plastic baggies. Should be… fun. I’ll resist the urge to bleat. “Bahhhh. Yes, sir/ma’am. Yes, I’m so happy to take my shoes off. Bahhhhh. Gee, I feel so safe. I’m not resentful at all of the petty power you hold over me. Bahhhhhhhhhhh.”

Photo Attribution

Thanks to ReneS for sharing “Boston at Night” under a free license: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.