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-== Brain backup for September 2007 ==
-
-The story continues at OctoberBlog
-
-=== Sat, Sep 22nd ===
-
-==== Compassion for Microsoft? ====
-
-Today Rafael and I went through [[MIT]] to have lunch at the
-StattonBuilding.
-
-Along the InfiniteCorridor, we've seen an ad inviting to a Microsoft conference
-on development tools. Scheduled for today and started a few minutes earlier
-in room 6-120. The ad said silly slogans such as "smart tools for smart people!"
-and "let's talk with Microsoft!" Clearly, they were trying to hire MIT grads!
-
-So we went to see what this was about. The room was not exactly crowded: only
-a young man eating pizza and a woman wearing a Microsoft T-Shirt.
-We asked if the conference was still planned, and the woman told us: "yes, I've
-just started introducing XAML, the new ''lingua franca'' for user interface description".
-
-So we got sited and watched a presentation which basically said they're still
-busy reinventing XUL and Glade... So they can deliver SilverLight, a Flash
-clone that depends on the .NET runtime.
-
-"Questions?". There weren't any. She offered us a free DVD with developer
-tools. Me and Rafael each took a copy to be polite. The other guy didn't
-bother. I had never realized how pathetic Microsoft has become. These days,
-very few people are interested in what they do and what they say.
-Unexpectedly, today I felt some compassion for them... or at least for
-their employees.
-
-
-=== Tue, Sep 11th ===
-
-==== Compatibility =====
-
-I've also been helping to enhance compatibility with BadVista.
-
-==== Ethiopian ====
-
-I'm currently adding support for the EthiopianLocale,
-which isn't as easy as you would expect.
-
-
-=== Sun, Sep 9th ===
-
-Some big updates to GeekiGeeki, the software that runs this wiki.
-Notabily, authentication is now supported.
-Log in as AnonymousCoward if you don't have an account on
-DevelerCompany's servers.
-
-
-=== Mon, Sep 3rd ===
-
-==== Trip to MontReal, day 3 ====
-
-Boring day. We visited the SaintJosephsOratory, then
-we quickly headed back to Boston. We spent a lot of
-time at the border and in the traffic.
-
-We arrived at night... everyone was quite tired.
-
-
-=== Sun, Sep 2nd ===
-
-==== Trip to MontReal, day 2 ====
-
-Day two of the trip to MontReal. They woke us up at 6 in
-the morning (groan) and we left for QuebecCity with no
-breakfast. This place's better be wonderful!
-
-Yes, QuebecCity was rather cool, but they gave us little time to visit
-it properly.
-
-Except for the old citadel, where we've seen the changing of the guard.
-Really a ridicolous cerimony: the soldiers wear a furry cap and a guy
-shouts orders in french. They have a live goat as a mascotte and they
-walk her around the plaza.
-
-On the way back to Montreal, we stopped at the MontmorencyFalls...
-nice place, but I almost got lost there! I wasn't paying attention
-when the guide said the bus would have moved to pick us back on the
-top of the falls, so I walked back to the lower parking lot.
-Luckly, Juliette convinced the bus driver to come and see if I was
-there.
-
-We had dinner again in the same chinese restourant. This time,
-the guide had silently arranged vegetarian food without me asking.
-Very kind of her. Unfortunately, Juliette found a black hair in
-her soup, and a few people left the table, disgusted.
-
-=== Sat, Sep 1st ===
-
-==== Trip to MontReal, day 1 ====
-
-On Monday, it will be labor day, so Juliette and Peter took advantage of this
-extended week-end to take a three day guided tour to MontReal:
-
-So this was the last chance to visit French Canada with Juliette as a guide,
-as she'll be leaving for Saudi Arabia in a few days and we'll probably not
-see her for some time. I was lucky enough to join at the very last minute.
-
-As usual, the bus departed from Boston's ChinaTown, but this time the cheap
-bus company of choice was SunshineTouring. The guide barely speaks English
-and is also not an expert of Canadian history and culture.
-
-Along the way, we did two stops:
-
- * A cruise with the MinneHaHa on LakeGeorge.
-
- * For water rafting in an impressive canyon (but the water flow was very calm: boring!)
-
-MontReal is as enchanting as they say. Approaching from the highway, you
-see the notorious bunch of skyscrapers in the distance, beautifully lit
-with colorful lights. Makes me think of U2's "The City of Blinding Lights".
-
-We had dinner in a crappy chinese restourant. Fixed menu, no
-vegetarian food for me except for white rice. Anyway, all the
-food looked crappy so I don't think I've lost too much.
-
-The hotel, at least, was ok. I shared my room with a retired
-man called Mr Chan. He's originally from HongKong, and moved
-to the USA before his city was given back to China. At that
-time, many people feared that communism would have taken over.
-Mr Chen arrived in the UnitedStates alone, and didn't speak
-English at all. He worked very hard for 15 years so he could
-retire at a reasonable age. His story makes me hope for the
-better.
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