Good fortune is on my side. This was more evident when I found out that the DrupalCon guys were starting a wait-list, starting in order from those that posted a request for a ticket.. The fortunate part was that I was one of the very first in the forum. Phew! Still, I didn't get my ticket thanks to that wait-list, but because someone that couldn't make it to the conference did the same. I will assume that he went, one by one, FIFO-style, through the list of those who posted in the forum, until he found the next one in line without a ticket. That lucky golden ticket winner was me, and I'm going to Willy Wonka's DrupalCon Factory! I'm grateful to Cyberswat for selling me his DrupalCon ticket. On yet another fortunate event, my company not only approved me going to the conference, but they paid the airfare, the hotel, and will pay for all my meals while there. How cool is that!

A few weeks ago I read about ArbCamp 2008 in the a2geeks.org website. I promptly signed up to attend. Free pizza and geek talk is too good an opportunity to pass.

The sign-up list filled up pretty quickly, so they opened up a waiting list. When they saw that that one was also filled quickly, they changed from SPARK Central to CottageInn Pizza. We took control of the second level, which is pretty big, and it was still crowded. I love the A2 geek community.

After the signup, everyone meeting, getting to know each other and geeking around, the famous Dug Song took the floor and gave the rules: anything goes in a session; if you don't like it, get up and go to the next one. The board was full of great suggestions.