I have this observation to

I have this observation to make: Tim O'Reilly is a fucking genius.

Beth is a blogging machine,

Beth is a blogging machine, I can see her about 8 feet from me, typing quickly on her tablet PC. She's got some great live coverage of Gnomedex, so if you're wondering what's going on here, check out her site.

Jason managed to jot down

Jason managed to jot down some of Dvorak's better quotes in a couple of entries. I think some people were pissed at him for such a non-serious and somewhat inflammatory speech towards Mac users, Cat Lovers, and Bloggers, but he was still sort of funny, though not really insightful or informative.

Corey Bridges: "The source code

Corey Bridges: "The source code for Windows is out there [on the internet]. If you want it, you can get it."

I'm in the ZoneLabs breakout

I'm in the ZoneLabs breakout session now, with Corey Bridges. I caught the tail end of Chris Pirillo's demo of RSS, enough to say that he drank the Kool-Aid on RSS. I think RSS is great, I use it every day, but I don't think it's going to change the world, just because I don't know any Users who have really adopted it yet. Geeks get it, but I don't think my mom does. Just to show you how strange downtown Des Moines is, I attempted to return to Burger King again today for breakfast, and found it CLOSED! What Burger King isn't open on the weekends?!?! I got milk and donuts from a Pakistani guy who runs a bizarre little convenience store on the Skywalk. His store even sells beer, which is weird. Though there was a customer walking out with a 40 of Bud Light as I walked in...