Travel advisory: I’m leaving on a jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again. But I suspect it will be tonight, sometime.

Hey, they know me at the Green Hills Apple Store:
Last night, I spent the first several of what I’m sure will be many,
many dollars at the new mini-Apple store at the Green Hills Mall.
Apparently, a few folks who work there have heard about my T-Shirt auction on eBay to benefit the efforts of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to defend bloggers sued by Apple.
Anyway, the 14-year-old in my household was trying to pretend he didn’t
know me when new friend, Ellis, who works at the Apple Store asked,
“Are you that Rex?”

By the way, the bid is up to $31 (along with a $25 matching donation).

I’d like to clarify to Apple employees. I don’t think there is any policy in place that suggests you can’t read blogs. Merely, that you can’t supply trade secrets to them.

Mr. Roboto’s window: For the next few days in Nashville, there is the event formerly called Fan Fair during which country music fans from everywhere come listen to promotional shows put on by country music record lables for the acts they have signed. (Not to be confused with the Bonnaroo Festival taking place down the road during the same time, an event at which actual good music is performed.) Nashville’s premiere nightlife blogger, Mr. Roboto, may not be who you’d think of as the #1 blogging source for real-time coverage of Fan Fair, however, that’s because you may not know he’s a lawyer in a firm that has it’s offices situated in such a way as to make Mr. Roboto’s life hell for the next couple of days. Fortunately, he’s turning those lemons into lemonaid for those of you who want to know who’s twanging at this very second.

Please, Mr. R., let me know when I can come to your office so we can hear some of that really hip hick-hop music.

Geek travel: As I’m packing for a short trip to the vicinity that will include lots of DIY digital media, something about the new iStudio at the Grand Hotel in Tribeca sounds enticing. Fortunately, I have all the technology I need in my backpack, so I guess I’ll be saving a few hundred dollars.