The big show is rapidly approaching. Once again, yours truly did not prepare anything to speak about, instead choosing to spend the entire week socializing and doing very little work of technical value. I'm arriving on Tuesday Aug 5th, and staying until Sunday Aug 10th all at Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino. I've planned out my two days of Blackhat talks here (in an easy to read calendar) and hope to be twittering and blogging throughout each day. I usually fail miserably at the live blogging thing due to my high enjoyment factor of Las Vegas, but I'll do what I can.

I'm always available for impromptu gatherings and libations so if you plan on being at Blackhat this year drop me a line via email and we'll plan a time/place to meet. If you think there are better talks than what I plan to see, let's hear about it in the comments. I can easily be swayed. See you at the show.

Shmoocon is over. It looks like I was overly optimistic about blogging ANYTHING during my time at the event. I took less then a dozen pictures, some of which I'll post when I post my trip report. I did manage to hit a higher percentage of talks than I normally do, and the evening festivities were great. The highlight of the conference was hanging with former and current coworkers, the 0x90 and RIT crews, and generally seeing my once or twice a year buddies. I pretty damn tired at the moment and trying to recover.. I'll post more soon.

I am sitting in the breakfast area of the Wardman Park Mariott hotel in Washington DC eating an excellent eggs benedict. Today is the first day of Shmoocon, a hacker conference put on by the Shmoo Group. This is the third year of this conference, and having attended all three, I'm looking forward to seeing what this years tracks have to offer. I hope to blog and writeup my experiences for all to share!

Here is a pic of the lobby before things start picking up. Let the festivities begin!