Toorcamp 2009 is officially over in the history books as the first ever US hacker camp. If you missed it be sure to attend the next one. You are guaranteed to not only learn something, but meet some of the brightest minds in the hacker culture. I sure had a great time. Here are a few of my favorite moments in no particular order.

1. There were many great talks. In particular I enjoyed and recommend you look up the video when/if they have it online.

• Ben Kurtz – Short attention span security
• mudsplatter (I hope people caught the few good points during his drunken hilarious presentation)
• Michael Ossman & Dominic Spill – Building an All-Channel Bluetooth Monitor
• Sai Emrys – Suing telemarketers for fun & profit
• Willow – Parkour (during Ignite Toorcamp)

2. Mother Nature pwned Toorcamp with a few giant dust devils. The sight of a floor mat flying around like a magic carpet was awesome (although I should probably use the word epic here as that seems to be the current trend)

3. Touring the missile silo.

4. Workshops. While it will be a while until I can apply the knowledge, I learned more about software controlled radio than I ever had before sitting around with Michael and Dominic. It’s hard to explain it here but suffice it to say that a slinky completely blew my mind.

5. The badge. Shiny distracting object that lights up when either 13.56mHz or 125kHz signals are detected. It uses no on board power, like RFID.

Bonus: The people. The people were absolutely amazing. It’s almost impossible to explain what it’s like to be around a bunch of peers / hackers in that harsh of an environment. People were generous and really pulled together to make ToorCamp a great experience.

I will get my W3AF presentation materials up soon.