Monthly Archives: February 2006

Grilled!

February 22, 2006 – 21:33

For some reason, I’ve had a bunch of interview requests recently. I was featured in a Builder AU series called “Aussie coders changing the world”, written by Simon Sharwood (who UbuntuDownUnder attendees will remember as one of our wonderfully fascist editors), which was altogether surreal because I’m not a coder! Lionel (ploum) Dricot grilled me […]

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Missing Cosmogotchi

February 21, 2006 – 22:16

So, the sabdfl doesn’t have a hackergotchi on Planet Ubuntu. This is a travesty, and we’re going to need the community’s might to fix it. Indeed, we should create a collection of sabdfl hackergotchis for every occasion. So, find a good shot of Mark - there are plenty around - make it into a sweet, […]

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Hit the bzr

February 20, 2006 – 18:52

If you’ve been wondering how to pronounce bzr, here’s an endorsement you can tap your feet to for Mary’s suggestion, concocted by AJ.

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Not so different…

February 9, 2006 – 04:20

dobey: Aside from your ranty-pants bits about me personally, there’s nothing in your post that I disagree with. Much of it I strongly support. You and I may not get along, but there’s still a lot of shared values here.

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You Are Here

February 8, 2006 – 13:40

Life needs “You Are Here” stickers.

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New hair?

February 8, 2006 – 03:56

This cut ain’t new! Now that my hackergotchi is such a familiar sight, the original photo just looks like someone’s gimped jdub.png onto some random dude’s body. Surreal.

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GNOME.conf.au t-shirt

February 7, 2006 – 04:12

Andy Fitzsimon’s most excellent GNOME.conf.au 2006 t-shirt, which had a very limited run of 50. If you have one, you are special:

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Looking for GTK+ consulting work?

February 3, 2006 – 17:53

A local company (Sydney, Australia) is looking for a GTK+ consultant to help solve problems as they port an application (with some interestingly different toolkit demands) from Tk to GTK+ 2.x. You’ll need a solid understanding of GTK+ and C. Based near Sydney preferred, though interstate and international is entirely doable. Email me if you’re […]

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