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 station there. That press release hits all points in the last paragraph of the leapfrogging …
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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 it has some melody. Yeah, a big corporation in search donated a Moleskine notebook in …
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 me about Monday Night Larp, a 2-hour event, every week, that’s been going strong for …
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 blast.
Circuit learning
Bought an issue of Circuit Cellar. You learn so much from a magazine in a field you’re new in!
Python egg-serving
Once, I showed how to serve RubyGems, the distributable Ruby modules. Serving “eggs”, the Python equivalent, is also very simple, it turns out. In my case, the lean simplicity of “let’s have the company-used eggs closer to home” was very simple: a user-side configuration file ~/.pydistutils.cfg: [easy_install] # use download links on these pages before …
Going on adventures in PEI
PEI, Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Dig that bridge, Øresund people.) Me and Luisa will be there for a while, as artists-in-residence. Maybe we fit into the “1990 Globalization: new wave of artist in residence programs” category, maybe not. We’ll write a blog about that, called Hello PEI. You could subscribe to its RSS feed. Tonight, …
Music video made in Malmö
Thanks Karl W, for this. Amazing.
Diagram Prize
Had me choking. Read about the prize at wikipedia: Diagram Prize.
Electronic components refurbishing
Open worn-out electric appliance. Find its circuit board. Remove still-working parts. Reuse! Story about illicit refurbishing of components. Refurbishing strikes me as an eco-friendly thing to be doing, if done right and the consumer is conscious about it. Is there a downside?