I don’t mean to offend with this; frankly I’m happy when someone reads anything at all. I had hoped to stay out of the Dan Brown thing, but after seeing Colin’s post, and then today seeing a friend’s MSN name set to something like “Da Vinci Code movie… unf unf”, it’s time to chime in. Yes, I’ve read it. I proudly display my hardcopy on my bookshelf. It’s just not a good book. »
Sean pointed out to me via email that my blog has been comment spammed. This makes me happy; I’m high enough on the googles to get noticed by spambots. The downside is that now I have to deal with it. I think I’ll evaluate newsbruiser (as used on GNOME blogs); it looks like it may have some capabilities for this, and it’s written in python. »
The first CEOS ended last night Friday night. I had been otherwise occupied for the days leading up to the conference (and for some of the conference proper), but the other organizers pulled off an utterly enjoyable event. Like Sean, I too enjoyed Billy’s and Steve’s talks. Both were to the point and pretty funny. You can tell that these guys actually get F/OSS. But we knew that already. Other good talks were those done by Iain Galloway and Daniel Richard. »
For anyone looking for Moleskine notebooks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they’re stocking them at Frog Hollow Books. Frog Hollow doesn’t seem to have a website, so here’s their meatspace location: Frog Hollow Books Ltd. 5657 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3R4 Requisite google maps link: Frog Hollow Books (They’re in Park Lane). This was another added benefit from the Install Fest on Saturday; CS Society Summer President David Nichols had a moleskine with him. »