September 26 All the usual training, meet people IRL, see how different and weird (or seemingly normal) Linux heads can be, party afterwards if it's your cup of tea, or whatever.
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You could even meet me there, and then you'd see that an alien in human form can be almost convincing! (I'll be wearing all green and the NewEgg.com black ball cap, or maybe the Oracle Makes Linux Unbreakable hat, depending which day you see me.)