Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Open Source Census - kinda fishy
I recently read about the Open Source Census and thought it would be a nice thing to also put my vote in and make sure my operating system of choice was properly represented (currently it doesn't seem to be). After creating an account there, downloading a 45M tgz including among other things a complete java runtime environment, starting the scan tool that takes neither a -h nor a --help parameter and watching it hog 70% CPU for over 20 minutes I lost patience and killed the script.
Somehow this whole thing is not exactly inspiring confidence and I start getting an idea why there are currently (Thu Apr 24 12:47:57 CEST 2008) only 53 Debian users who submitted their data. Although it's a pity Debian is (and will probably continue to be) so underrepresented there, I can't say I blame anyone for not taking part.
Posted at: 18:00 in /english/debian
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Thank you!
Yay! A big fat thank you to:
PS: Independently from recent events my account and also the other 18 where not created by Jörg, but on James' initiative. Just to put things straight.
Posted at: 15:32 in /english/debian
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Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Blatant Advertising
No news in this post, just a little advertising. I just came across geekspeakr.com and think it's a really great idea. From the site:
Many organisers of technical conferences, meetups, and dinners want to have more gender-balance in their lineups, but they don't know where to find technical women speakers.
Enter geekspeakr.com, a simple directory and connections system to help technical women speakers and event organisers to find each other.
I guess this could also be interesting for a some of my fellow Debian Women.
Posted at: 22:04 in /english/misc
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Sun, 13 Apr 2008
What a sh***y week!
- Last weekend didn't exist due to deadline on Tuesday.
- Yet another night shift on Monday due to deadline on Tuesday.
- After meeting the deadline on Tuesday came home to find the house in scaffholding and a note from the owner: "We're going to do the whole facade, new insulation, colour etc. The construction works are estimated to take about eight weeks. We kindly take the liberty to point out that §554 BGB forces you to tolerate this. This modernisation is accompanied by a raise in rent of 22 Euros per Month
- Thursday: Dentist appointment. Got my first filling ever. Personal Waterloo and also not an experience I whish to repeat. Still hurts a bit.
- Saturday: It becomes clear that the DPL elections are going to happen without me, although I had hoped otherwise. Well, at least this is a problem shared.
- Sunday: My favourite candidate didn't win. Meh.
And now, off to clean the flat and hope for better luck next week.
*sigh*
Posted at: 13:09 in /english/debian
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