Wed, 29 Jun 2005
The Times They Are A-Changin'
These musings however quickly lead to more general pondering. Especially when mixed with a (temporal) change of environment and lots of new impressions (both of which were sufficiently provided at Linuxtag). I actually only went to Linuxtag for fun and to find out, whether the Debian Project really is for me.
Result: IT IS!
However, these four days also were the best time I've had in quite a (looong) while, which leads to the
question, why this happens so seldom ... which further on leads to doubts, which lead to reconsiderations,
which lead to descisions.
Want to know them? Well, so do I!
I've only arrived at the "reconsiderations" part yet.
There however are some things I am already quite sure of: Linuxtag gave me that last "push" to decide that I will make Debian a part of my life. (This sounds weird, but - Hey! - my brain works that way.) I actually have a few nice package ideas already, which I'm planning to tackle once I got over with my exams.
Apart from that, my internship in Leipzig is all secured now and I already found a nice little flat close to the Institute I'll be working at. I really hope things will go well there. And then, spring next year, I'll return to Hildesheim and write my thesis.
And then?
Who knows.
Life is just one damned thing after another ... and at the moment nothing seems as certain as it used to be ...
Posted at: 22:02 in /english/personal
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Tue, 28 Jun 2005
Further days
(July 17th, 2005)
PS: Joey maintains a list of people who put pictures of LinuxTag online.
PPS: I finally put up a small report. Not a fully diary, just a few things concerning the Debian-Women Project
Posted at: 14:49 in /english/debian/events/linuxtag05
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005
First day
The journey was rather nice, ICE of course freezing cold, as usual, but I sat next to a really cool
South Korean net reporter who shared the homemade sushi his wife made for him with me. Delicious!!! Hmmm, best I ever had. :)
After arriving at Linuxtag I first tracked down Fernanda to get my Debian-Women T-shirt. It looks absolutely awsome! Pictures will follow ... The also gave me a FSFLA shirt. Thanks again :)
The rest of the day was spent hacking, talking and meeting new people (or rather people I knew from irc who now finally have a *face*). In the evening I got the promised make tutorial from youam. It was quite fun and I feel much more enlightened now :-)
Due to the really warm weather we decided not to sleep in the gym but on the stands outside. Turned out to be a good idea, the night was pleasantly cool, however we hadn't considered the *bright morning sun* that woke us/me up at 6am (one hour before we'd actually planned to geti up ... oh well ...)
It is now Thursday morning I lack a bit of sleep - but still within normal parameters ;) - had a good breakfast and am about five hours away from my talk and still waiting for the adrenaline to kick in.
Wish me luck!!
Posted at: 11:29 in /english/debian/events/linuxtag05
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Mon, 20 Jun 2005
Everything ready
I'll leave for Karlsruhe on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately I couldn't find anyone else to travel with me, so I'll just have to take a good book with me. (I recently started reading Dan Simmons' Ilium and it seems promising ...)
I have a *huge* list of people I want to meet, talks I want to hear, parties I want to go to ... I am especially looking forward to meeting all the d-w people. Youam promised me a little make tutorial and I have to meet Bernhard for an interview. And then there are of course my (first!) booth shifts!
Exciting times!!!
PS: I'll take my little laptop with me and I'll try to give some updates while in Karlsruhe. Whatch this space ;)
Posted at: 19:54 in /english/debian/events/linuxtag05
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Sun, 05 Jun 2005
Some art
From the website:
"99rooms is a unique internet art project that interweaves wall painting,
photography, animation and sound in a manner entirely unknown until now."
If you have flash, some bandwidth and a little time, go have a look!
Posted at: 15:37 in /english/ent
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Fri, 03 Jun 2005
Le poison qui découle de tes yeux, de tes yeux verts
However, I was most surprised!!!
What a great movie! Touching story, beautiful pictures and atmosphere. Granted, the animations *are* more than mediocre but it almost feels like a stylistic device and the beautifully made scenery absolutely makes up for that! Bilal's 2095 New York is at the same time modern and decayed, dark and alive. What struck me most about the movie though was its atmosphere. Kind of morbid/melancholic end-of-the-world, look-where-we-ended-up but without being whiny or annoying. I especially liked that they had some Baudelaire quotes in there. Sometimes even in the French original!
Namely they quoted Une Charogne and Le Poison. Wonderful lines ... I think these really illustrate the movie's keynote best:
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Tout cela ne vaut pas le poison qui découle
De tes yeux, de tes yeux verts,
Lacs où mon âme tremble et se voit à l'envers...
Mes songes viennent en foule
Pour se désaltérer à ces gouffres amers.
Tout cela ne vaut pas le terrible prodige
De ta salive qui mord,
Qui plonge dans l'oubli mon âme sans remords,
Et charriant le vertige,
La roule défaillante aux rives de la mort!
*sigh*
Anyway, if you get a chance to see this movie, do it! It deserves much more than the little attention it got! Bilal really proves that it is still possible to make intelligent, beautiful and poetic science fiction.
Posted at: 01:47 in /english/ent
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