The first tropical storm of the seasoon is rolling up the U.S. east coast, one of those shore-skimmers.
“Everything is big….”
Hey you Americans in the audience, listen to the words of our discombobulated Aussie visitor:
Everything is big – if not in size, then in volume or sheer in-your-face-ness. The cars are huge, though you could scarcely describe them as cars. The television in my hotel room is almost twice the size of our TV at home. The convenience store is a kidney-punch of choice and product.
If it’s any consolation, Jeff, we went with the small TV.
A Day of Firsts
So I guess I wasn’t really a geek until today.
I set up a Paypal account.
I made my first Ebay purchase.
All for a Gmail account, which seems like a promising toy. “jfleck” was already gone, so I got “jrfleck”. Drop me a line. I’ll archive it forever.
Planet Fleck
Thanks to the fine work of Jeff Waugh and his Planet buddies, I’ve now got my own aggregator running on Inkstain – Planet Fleck. Some minor hacking of the python was required on account of the odd way I’m using the SWCP server farm. Now if Telsa would make an RSS feed, and Pika would fix hers….
More Balloons!
No confetti. All right, go balloons, go balloons. We need more balloons. All balloons! All balloons! Keep going! Come on, guys, lets move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go, goddammit. Go confetti. Go confetti. More confetti. I want more balloons. What’s happening to the balloons? We need more balloons.
Prometheus
Added Prometheus to my blogroll. It’s a science policy blog out of the University of Colorado which is provocative on pretty much a daily basis.
Reconnecting
I’d rather lost touch with Dan York’s blog, and was happy to find its latest incarnation.
Over on Advogato, he’s got an interesting discussion of the way the technologies available for distribution influence the content and pacing of his postings.
Language Differences
It’s easy to forget sometimes that English is a very different language than American:
“The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year.”
GONEME
I think it’s great that Ali is willing to go off on his own with a new version of GNOME that meets his needs and those of his collaborators. The beauty of free software is that one has the right to tinker in whatever direction one wants. One size cannot possibly fit all, so if Ali wants to make a different size, more power to him. Those who share his views now have a place to devote their energies.
I also must echo Mikael’s concerns, and say I will not miss his somewhat abrasive personal style in our midst. It will be interesting to see how his new collaborators negotiate that sometimes difficult terrain.