We got in late last night and I went on a little stroll. Stumbling upon sixth street, I proceeded to have my mind blown. Austin is nuts. Portland has nothing on the Austin nightlife. There were hundreds of folks partying in the streets, and I must say warm weather does good things to people. After grabbing some pizza, I headed back to the Radisson, where we are holed up.

Today we started off with breakfast at a Mexican Cafe. I got some chorizo, very good stuff. We then walked up to the capital building and checked out how Texas does it. It was a trip going to the place where GW got his start. I sat on a bench right under his portrait. Jeff took pictures of kids. Leslie wanted to go on a tour and I wouldn’t do it. Probably the first of many of my shooting down the poor girl. What can I say, I am grouchy.

Next up was the actual registration for SXSW. A really long line, a schwag bag, and a walk back to the room had us going through the schedule and deciding which panel we wanted to attend. Each day is broken up to around five slots, each slot has about five panels. Considering I wanted to go to about three panels in each slot, I am going to have to make sacrifices. I can’t complain. I definitely am going to miss some of the folks I would really like to see, such as Kevin Rose from Digg and Shaun Inman from Shaun Inman.

Around 5pm we headed up to sixth street to a barbecue joint and got some dinner. I had seen a belt buckle that I wanted on the way there that I decided couldn’t go any longer without being in my possession. It’s loud and obnoxious and Leslie says it fits me well, I also couldn’t let Jeff be the only one who purchased a “Southern” hat and got myself as well. No buyer’s remorse here, I am styling.

Jeff and I sit here, it’s been twenty-four hours since we have felt the light blue glow of the computers on our faces. We like Austin. Leslie had enough of us and went on a walk. Looking forward to tomorrow.

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