The third annual Lone Star Ruby Conference (LSRC) is heating up and right around the corner, running for three days, August 27-29 in Austin, TX. LSRC 2009 offers a full day of advanced training on Thursday in addition to the two days of Ruby-packed, dual-track speaking sessions on Friday and Saturday. And, back again for an encore performance, is the author of Ruby, Yukihiro Matsumoto. Cost is $350 for the conference (meals includes), + $300 for the advanced training. However, register before Aug 2 and save $100 on the Conference, and $125 on the training price.