A Confederacy of Somethings.
I am going to Black Hat,
I am going to Black Hat,
I am going to Black Hat,
And that means DEFCON too (yeah!).
As you might recall, I’ve been given the chance to go to one out-of-state conference this year. I finally decided on Black Hat, because it didn’t seem like a vendor pimpfest, I can get into DEFCON for the same price, and hell, I’ve never been to Vegas. I’ve never been the least bit tempted by gambling, but I sure do want to catch me some more live Penn & Teller (it’s been ... damn, nearly a decade).
So now I find myself pondering the essentials: which t-shirts to pack? Crackberry under the clothes, or in the fanny pack?
I’m actually a little worried that I’ll find the attendees at DEFCON annoying. I’m envisioning a bunch of self-proclaimed badass geeks who are really just young punks who don’t know the ‘net existed before 1992. Yes, this officially means I’m old. But nobody would mistake me for cool anyway. I can be frumpy anywhere, so it might as well be Vegas.
Oh, and I’m going to the Lone Star Information Security Forum again this year, which I’m very much looking forward to. This year I will try not to drive back from Dallas during Tornado Night.
* Did you parents know that Steve Burns came out with some pretty cool indie rock after he left Blue’s Clues? Check it out.
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