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How was Penguicon this year, anyway? I've been to the last few, but missed this year because I'm now in New England.

It was pretty good, I think.  Being "staff" for the first time made the convention a bit thin, to me, but I think that was just an effect of my distraction over keeping an eye on the Chaos Machine.  It was at the Dearborn Hyatt this year, a much larger venue than any previous, and overall it made a pretty good venue (the hotel restaurants were really expensive, though).  The usual problems with some function rooms being over crowded, and others being nearly empty, but that's just con life.  The ConSuite was packed into an undersized space, which is something that needs addressing next year.  But the local hackerspaces got to have an actual "lab" room with helpers and instructors where you could solder together things like the scrolling-LED con badges (which had to be purchased in the Dealer's Room, due to hotel rules), and get tutorials on Arduinos, basic sewing, some 3D-printing stuff, etc. Problem is, the Hyatt is undergoing a change of ownership and will almost certainly be too much in flux for us to plan on it for 2013.  So the new concom is going to have to find another hotel, which will be difficult for the size PCon has grown to.