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Heading to Australia

by | Fri 5 Jan 2007

On Friday 12th Jan I fly out to [linux.conf.au](https://lca2007.linux.org.au/). After 26 hours of deep-vein-thrombosis-flight-action, I will be there for the full week and will be doing two talks, one being the first showing of *How to Herd Cats and Influence People* on the Thursday and the second being *Riding By The Seat Of Your Pants: The Jokosher Story* at the gnome.conf.au event at LCA. See the [Speaking](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?page_id=703) page for the grubby details.

First time in Sydney, and Australia for that matter. I just wanted to send out a quick message to see if any LUGRadio/Ubuntu/Jokosher/other bods fancy meeting up. So, here is my personals ad:

> Male, 27, athletic and handsome with sexy beard, likes to talk about computers and metal, drink beer and dance to either shit music or bone-crunching metal. Good sense of humour and cool hat.

If anyone fancies meeting up, either grab me at the conference or [tickle my inbox](mailto:jono AT ubuntu DOT com).

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