As Ton has announced, "It is our pleasure to announce a new edition of BlogWalk, the salon-like get togethers Sebastian Fiedler, Lilia Efimova and I are organizing." I will have the pleasure of being the local host, but I will be getting lots of help from everyone who attends. We're planning on the 21st or 22nd of January up in Evanston (just north of Chicago) - very convenient for me. For more information have a look at the BlogWalk wiki.