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I bought a house and that pulled a good chunk o’ change out of the kitty. So it needs to be filled back up.

It’s a great thing. I’ve been lucky enough to have gone to both Foo Camps and it’s a place that makes my brain hurt in a good way. I always feel like the stupidest person there.

Yes, it is an invite only party. It could be easy to criticize O’Reilly about this policy. But, it’s not fair. Why? O’Reilly doesn’t charge for Foo camp. You get an invite. You go to the O’Reilly campus. You sleep in a sleeping bag either in your own tent or in the building. O’Reilly pays for food (good food too), the big tent, other catering services, clean up, portable showers, and more.

There’s only so much space at the O’Reilly campus. And if Foo were somewhere else bigger, the cost would be higher. And then they’d have to charge. And then it’d be like any other conference.

So, if O’Reilly were to charge, peeps could be bitter. But not at this point.

If you want to go, you’ll need to do something cool and a bit of luck. And since the event is at max capacity, I’ve fully braced myself for not getting an invite this year. After all, to get new blood into Foo, they’ve got to not invite some of the old blood.