Today I got exciting news! A developer named Frantisek Hejl from the Czech Republic looked at my site and thought it was nice and since he couldn’t make the conference offered me his ticket. He initiated the transfer process and needless to say I was happy. I looked him up and although I can’t read most of his writing, he built a fantastic free 5 star public transportation Android app for his home country.

The Google I/O team then promptly denied the ticket transfer. I found out that yesterday they quietly enacted a ticket transfer ban. So while I succeeded in attracting the attention of a ticket holder, and while the FAQ still reads:

You can send that email, but it will be not considered and instead summarily denied. I’m not the only one to be denied I hear, but it is disappointing after working on it for weeks and having come so close. Frantisek and all his public service just doesn't strike me as your typical ticket scammer. In fact he seems like a very nice guy. I understand that these rules are there to prevent fraud, but this isn't it.

I was a little bummed that the I/O folks didn’t see the fun in it; certainly there were other Googlers that did. I keep thinking about all the people I’ve helped launch Google Apps, get into AdWords, install Chrome and guide toward App Engine cause if you couldn't tell, I'm kind of a fan. I pushed those people toward "Fun Google". Where is the Google that likes April fools day, has a great sense of humor?

So I succeeded at getting a ticket, it has been a dream of mine! But then I failed at getting it reassigned to me. I will hereby suspend the ticket countdown, and the barter list because it succeeded in its intent. Thank you Frantisek, thank you Googlers that helped me but couldn’t budge the I/O folks, thank you Twitter followers that put up with my excitement, and all the people on the thanks page.

- Josh

P.S. Anyone know anything fun to do in SFO for a few days? I'm always up for adventure.

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Day 1 6/7/2012	Full boxed set of James Bond DVDs (40 dvds total) What is more inspiring than the technology invented by Q?
Day 2 6/8/2012	Custom ripping of the above set into a mobile format/bitrate/size of your choice. Now Bond will be available everywhere. Files will be published on s3.
Day 3 6/9/2012	ThinkGeek WiFi detector shirt. You can finally use that pickup line, "Are you real or is it all this 802.11 G?" I'm already married so I don't need it.
Day 4 6/10/2012	1 Bag of Stumptown Hair Bender whole beans. This is my favorite coffee roasted in my home town Portland, Ore.  Drinking this will make your code sing. And then you'll start twitching.
Day 5 6/11/2012	Primary Ender books. Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind. This is canon and you can't be a proper nerd without it.
Day 6 6/12/2012	Ohaus Cent-A-Gram balance model 311 serial number 688. This classic desktop tri-beam balance still works great and can measure masses up to 311 grams down to a tenth of a gram.
Day 7 6/13/2012	Secondary Ender Books, Bean Series.  Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets + a bonus genius spacefaring monkey,  Lovelock.
Day 8 6/14/2012	XKCD Poster. Choose from Gravity Wells, Lakes and Oceans or Movie Narratives
Day 9 6/15/2012	Custom built Teensy Arduino based light sensitive robot. Complete with source code and USB programming cable. Comes with a power supply, three motor/vibration legs, three light sensors, power transistors and ATMega controller.
Day 10 6/16/2012	Cupcake Jones is going to make something special! A dozen Velvet Painting red velvet cupcakes filled with vanilla bean pastry cream topped with cream cheese icing, and a hand candied rose petal.
Day 11 6/17/2012	Kubb a  lawn game from Sweden is crazy fun and yours! Packed in a carrying case this set was handmade and will provide hours of enjoyment!
Day 12 6/18/2012	8 1/2" by 10 1/2" Fresnel lens. Kindles dry material immediately in sunlight.  Kindles wet material a few seconds later right after it boils the liquid off. 2000 degrees of awesome! Muahahahahaaa!
Day 13 6/19/2012	166.7 grams of instant snow. I measured it with day 6's item. A spoonful of this dry powdered sodium polyacrylate polymer will make short work of an opponents (ahem I mean coworker's) cup of coffee. Build a snowman out of their former caffeinated drink! Try adding food coloring!
Day 14 6/20/2012	Two packages of astronaut ice cream. Freeze drying technology will leave you amazed at how many ounces you aren't carrying around space with you. Soon you will try to freeze dry everything and confer with ground control about your ETA.