Monthly Archives: October 2008
Skolmatsal
Kollegans kommentar om lunch Indian Flavour: “Det här var alltså mer skolmatsalsstämning än på La Empanada.” (Yes, in Swedish. Malmö-restaurant-related. Nevermind, you.)
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Dictators names
Quoth Wikipedia: In 1972, Mobutu renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (“The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake.”), Mobutu Sese … Continue reading
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More FabLabbery, and Siert’s windmill
Rather than going back and editing my earlier post about that Icelandic guy, here’s some salient linkage on the subject. This is so exciting I almost skipped breakfast to watch it. Iceland’s FabLab wiki, which is run by Smári, from … Continue reading
Storytelling is hard
I did a lot of thinking about storytelling this weekend. Marketing is good stories. “Stories my dad can tell” is my benchmark. No story has hit that mark better than Skype. His enthusiasm for it, and the simplicity of its … Continue reading
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FSCONS: Smári McCarthy on abundance
Smári McCarthy Originally uploaded by Wrote The man in the picture is Icelandic, outlandish, with lots of fancy words. FabLabs (a set of machines to make any plastic object up to 1 meter in size) point to a future, and … Continue reading
FSCONS: Conversations are the conference
Just had an interesting micro-conversation, with a man who spoke with a slightly Indian accent. Cambodia: No landlines, but quite developed mobile phone networks, never bothering with the previous stage of tech. Leapfrogging. Related: Ericsson deployed a solar-powered mobile base … Continue reading
FSCONS 2008, Sunday
Listening to a guy in a red t-shirt. He talks about Debian package structure. People ask questions. He is reading from a tiny-font control configuration file. Not so good for my concentration. But, he has a good voice, at least … Continue reading
Roleplayers, everywhere
In Gothenburg, at the FSCONS conference. Henri Bergius, a Midgard developer from Helsinki, was here, and I asked him: “Is Finland small enough that you know Timo Multamäki?” “Why, yes, I know him.” And with that, Henri proceeded to tell … Continue reading
Going to Gothenburg: FSCONS
In 10 hours off we go, on the train to Gothenburg. A conference! It feels splendid. I’m going with Isak, my colleague. Wow! Look at the schedule! Just look at it. The tracks line up so excellently. This’ll be a … Continue reading
Circuit learning
Bought an issue of Circuit Cellar. You learn so much from a magazine in a field you’re new in!
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