Great posting, Brandon!
All I know is, New Orleans regularly hosts geek conferences. Next one that I'm aware of- I'm hooking up with some fine young lady geek, getting her drunk at Cat's Meow and then pumping her for all the latest techno-stuff coming down the pipeline.
In the meantime, I'll just quietly bookmark this for future reference...
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