PolyConf experience report

Yesterday morning, the ISS was resupplied, in a textbook example of a great space-station docking. I had just woken up, and saw the last 2 minute of the docking. Very exciting. Then I began trying to finish this conference overview. It’s more stream-of-consciousness than report. You’ve been warned. So, outside the bubble of conference again. My tweeting …

Different fantasy: Dying Earth quote

The typical inhabitant of the Dying Earth speaks and behaves differently from characters in other fantasy series or people in real life. He is arrogant, greedy, indolent, and rakish. He loves fine food to excess and can’t resist the urge to correct others on obscure points of fact. Your character will differ from the norm …

Sleep was overrated, the welcoming amazing

Thanks Nukomeet, for a chatty pre-conference event! Thanks Alexander, Lukasz, Agnieska, Alban, Zaiste, Arsenia, Marcin, Johanna. And Robert and Christoffer. You are awesome, welcoming and interesting. (Quickly ordering rhubarb desserts just before the kitchen closed – top of my good-life game. The place with the kitchen open was Nifty No 20.)

PolyConf 2015 Travelogue

Dear reader, this whole note is a travelogue. Flight finished. Able to avoid the coffee, which I think they even ask 20 DKK for. Their bottled water was better. Spied @chvest (business card title: “Dragon Keeper”) and @jankrag (“Continuous Improvement Engineer”) at the baggage claim. Rode a cab with them to our hotel. Told them a story about …