I am about to check out of my room at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Orlando after a week of intellectual and pleasurable pursuits. I got here last Saturday, spent several days taking in the great content at DevConnections (Indigo, ADO.NET 2.0, SQL 2005, SOA, etc.), MCing a few gatherings including the Harley giveaway and the final session, and drinking Margaritas poolside.  If you've never been to DevConnections, go. It's fabulous. The highlight of the show for me was, of course, recording .NET Rocks! in front of a crowd of about 150-200 people with Richard and Geoff, and guests Rocky Lhotka and Bill Vaughn. I think we're onto something here - recording .NET Rocks! live at developer conferences. We have already scheduled a live recording at TechEd 2005 on June 8th. Richard and I throw around the idea of doing a .NET Rocks! World Tour.

My family came down on Wednesday evening and I spent Thursday relaxing with them. Friday we went to EPCOT and got Disneyfied. I love EPCOT. Great place. Hate crowds though. Oh well. The next day (Saturday) we went over to Ormond Beach to visit some friends, and Sunday they came back to the hotel for more hot-tubbing and swimming. I got the fam on a plane Sunday evening and went to the Boma African restaurant at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. If you've never been there, go. Huge buffet. Great stuff.