Chelnik, a hipster crochet elephant from Portland, Oregon, attended the Postgres Open 2013 conference where they met many people, learned about database topics like locks, normalization, and replication, and participated in presentations on Puppet, JSON, and statistics. Chelnik is now looking to be adopted from the charity auction on the last day of the conference.

1. OHAI, my name is Chelnik!
Postgres Open 2013 Report

2. I am a hipster crochet elephant traveling from Portland, Oregon.
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3. Registration
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4. Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
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5. I got to meet a lot of people today.
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6. Great conference staff at the registration desk
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7. He’s got a beard like my cousin
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8. Shared a root beer
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9. Asked questions about locks
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10. Go Jumbos! (Tufts University)
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11. Tufts is cooler than MIT
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12. Talking about normalization
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13. Learning how to get bigger
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14. ¨Ova svensk konversation
Bork bork bork!!!
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15. Featured in Puppet presentation
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16. Got some replication tips
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17. I got a patch rejected
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18. Tried to get the JSON presentation early
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19. PgAdmin is the best!
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20. Learning more about statistics
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21. Getting faster and stronger with personal trainer
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22. Favorite drink Macallan 12
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23. Forgive me if I didn’t get a chance to meet you this time.
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24. See what my cousins have been up to on chelnik.tumblr.com.
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25. I am looking for a new home!
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26. Pick me up at the charity action during the closing on Wednesday!
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