Supercomputing'09 is at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland next week ( Nov 14-21 ). I won't be at the whole conference, but I have an exhibits pass and may attempt to organize an offsite BOF or two. I'm local and have a car. The Portland Linux/Unix group has two events of note that week: (1) Linux Clinic, Sunday 1PM at Free Geek ( http://freegeek.org ) Helping folks with Linux problems, RH/SL/Fedora or Ubuntu . (2) PLUG Advanced Topics, Thursday 630PM at Club 915 . I haven't heard who the speaker is yet - perhaps we will host an SC09 BOF or two. If either event sounds interesting, or you just want to hang out and discuss SL, contact me. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [log in to unmask] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs