The BoF was a success, we hung out with some linux guys and suggested they upgrade and install PC-BSD, to which they promptly obliged.

I am sitting in a group of 10 or so people, which is always a great time to focus on blogging from my piece of shit G1 phone that may crash and force before I am able to post. Don’t worry – I’ll include a couple of pics to prove I was paying attention.

Tradeshows like SCaLE are always a lot of fun because of the wide variety of people and distros in use. We give the linux dewdz a hard time – but that should be expected.

Okay, time to bring my attention away from the phone and back to my peepz.

We arrived at the Westin LAX, woooo! That was a pretty easy trip, but hey, I didn’t have to drive. Thanks Matt, you are a trooper! Right now were relaxing in the bedroom and I am finally getting around to installing PC-BSD on Matt’s Lenovo. We want to demo Alpha 2 of PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo at tonight’s BoF – but we may end up demoing 7.0.2 and 7.1-Alpha-1 instead.

Thankfully, the Invincibook (from iXsystems) lives up to its name after surviving the fall from Matt’s luggage to the pavement in the Westin Hotel parking garage. No worries though! PC-BSD booted right up, yay!

Update: I would have installed the latest PC-BSD release on the Lenovo but Matt left the external DVD drive at home. Not a big deal, we have an Alpha on the Invincibook and we’ll have Alpha 2 by tomorrow afternoon.

Also, the PC-BSD USB Keychain installer I have failed me. I’m not sure if I wiped it or if I’m too hard on my keychain. FFS!

We’ve been in the room for about an hour now, I’m ready to eat and be merry.

We’ve made it to the Grapevine safely, which is surprising given the amount of G1 and iPhone usage going on in this car.

Anyway, there is snow right next to us and I thought I’d share.

Every road trip should start with a hearty meal from your favorite fast food joint – I’m currently enjoying a Teriyaki bowl from Jack in the Box.

Matt, Neek, and I are heading down I-5 South listening to dance on XM radio on our way to SCaLE. In a little bit I am going to install PC-BSD 7.0.2 on Matt’s new Lenovo IdeaPad with the red magnesium case. That shit is phat.

That’s all I haz for now.

It’s 2:35am. Matt, Neek, and I are sitting on the couch in various states of tech madness. Neek is having fun beautifying a picture she uploaded to http://www.taaz.com, Matt is looking for a WordPress app for his iPhone that doesn’t suck, and I am posting this blog from my Android using PostBot. So far it works well enough. PostBot is neat and makes posting pics with a blog post ezgg.

Now I just hope this app doesn’t crash while I post this (which seems to be an issue with android apps). I am generally dissapointed in the reliability and performance of the phone. The iPhone really does make everyone else look silly – especially with the large collection of great apps.

Enough for now, I will post tomorrow on the wonder filled car ride to L.A. SCaLE, here we come!