I Sneak Away from Parties Always

Jun 17 2014

To go sit quietly, by myself.

I’m not anxious about socializing or speaking to people,
I just run out of things to say.

I speak so little in real life, my default is silent. I can make it entire dinners without speaking. One time, I didn’t talk to anyone for 5 days.

So a party or event is a lot of talking for me. This blog is a ton of talking.

This is a known. Here’s the email that came with an exclusive PR invite last month.

Remember that recent weekend I spent at the track? Apparently there was a bet going on, to see how long I’d last, before having to leave to be alone.

I’ve got it down to a science… don a cloak of invisibility…

… and I’m gone.

Accidentally Smashed on a Tuesday

Feb 25 2014

Ya buddy oops! TTYT

Update – Wednesday night

Ha! Even during the debauchery, I still blogged, still haven’t missed a day this year.

Don’t remember taking these.

Paid for it today, it was worth it, because guys: I might work too much.

But then every time, the thought that follows is:

but what else is there to do, really.

About Drunk Driving Checkpoints

Aug 28 2013

Speaking with the York Regional Police about drunk driving checkpoints.

To answer my own question below, “is there a bigger jerk move than drinking and driving?” NO, there’s not.

I’ve roofed a few keys over the years; try that move if you need to shut down a situation.

Read it online at Autonet.ca

Favourite line:

These checkpoints can pop up anytime of day, even 7am, because if the good times bleed into 2am, five hours later you’re still smashed.

That, and that there’s no breathalyzer on the end of the flashlight. The officers are doing it all via good old fashioned pattern recognition.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

ShmooCon 2012 in DC at the Washington Hilton

Feb 1 2012

ShmooCon is the premiere East-coast annual hacker convention

This year’s bag.

Did you see this outside the lobby to the left Saturday afternoon?

A crane dropped what it was holding.

I procured a new laptop bag, sweet.

Espeically since this was the bag I was using.

ArcSight, nice, I’ve blogged about them before.

Attended some talks, the NFC one was interesting but over my head, and the HNN one was my favourite.

Not much to show you about the actual conference though – it’s impolite to wave your camera around recording things at such events. It’s nothing mysterious, just the nature of the industry.

Same at all the conferences, same as Defcon.

Which is why I’m extra proud of this video; I’m pretty sure I have one of the only videos in the world showing inside last year’s Defcon19.

Adding to that, you can imagine going online during these events, you best be prepared. This is ‘the best of the best’ gathered together. Which is why I didn’t let my laptop touch the hotel network and my MiFi went down.

There’s always someone better than you. And cleaning up after a compromise is never worth the couple days you missed internetting.

I can tell you though, about the couple that got engaged, congratulations you two!

And show you the cutest thing, look:

The bride-to-be had to pick her way inside to find the run, awww.

Then Saturday night it’s the annual party at ‘Heaven and Hell’.

Thanks for a great time, SchmooCon!

Great seeing your familiar face again, and great meeting your new one, TTYS

I Love #hohoTO, I Go Every Year

Dec 14 2011

If you are on Twitter and live in Southern Ontario, come!

It’s the holiday season’s classiest event, and it raises money for an important cause: feeding hungry Toronto people, because charity starts at home.

(photo by hyfen)

Founded in 2008, HoHoTO has been called, “the party that Twitter built”, it’s closing in on $200 000 raised for the Daily Food Bank, and is run completely by volunteers on a budget of nothing.

Queen Rania of Jordan has even used HoHoTO as a shining example of social media influencing online do-gooding. So cool eh.

Here’s my Twitvid from last year inside the party, which is dark, but you can just feel the fun.

Come ready to buy raffle tickets and donate heavily, make sure to have your photo taken by Photojunkie, cabs home you know the drill, and don’t be shy… this is always the kind of crowd who’ve all been in that boat…. “hi, I know you from Twitter and the internet…”, say hi!

Me last year: