I’ve booked my ticked and found a hotel - Boston here I come! I plan on leading a session demonstrating the new ApacheSolr module that I have written. Go vote on it if Solr is of interest to you. I’m staying at the Doubletree hotel where Mike O’Connor and I found a double room for $149. I’m also looking forward to the hackfest that will take place on that Friday.

If you like to decorate your house (indoor and out), trees, garden and dog with holiday lights during the dark months of the year, but are starting to feel a bit guilty about all the CO2 you pump into the atmosphere, these LED holiday lights are for you. They're offered by Holiday LEDS, a startup company co-founded by my Mike O'Connor who belongs to my extended family. Mike is also a Drupal contributor and a former Lullabot trainee (he attended one of our Providence sessions). These LED's are up to 90% more efficient than traditional holiday lighting (and they're quite pretty!)

Mike is running their site on Drupal (of course), and is an early adopter of the Ubercart module. About a year ago, Mike still had his nose in introductory PHP books. Now he's writing modules and launching startups with Drupal. It is this type of accessibility that makes the platform so damn attractive.