X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2007%2FJulyBlog;fp=blog%2F2007%2FJulyBlog;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=50b711d61cbe4afe7af554e431a68bf46a6ea2f8;hb=93c70a2e9b211662033c967a1178a0eb7968822b;hpb=20332db49d81018287a68bce389d75c6088e7207;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/blog/2007/JulyBlog b/blog/2007/JulyBlog deleted file mode 100644 index 50b711d..0000000 --- a/blog/2007/JulyBlog +++ /dev/null @@ -1,112 +0,0 @@ -Keep reading on SeptemberBlog. - -== July 2007 == - -=== Fri, 20th === - -==== In Wales ==== - -Araf! I'm currently host of my good friend Cristina and -her husband, in the small town of Llanon, near the city -of Aberystwyth. - -I asked for directions outside Birmingham: "I'm going to a place -whose name I can't even pronounce". "Sounds like Wales, then" -said the man I had stopped. - -Anyway, the place is nice. It would be much nicer if it stopped -damn raining, but, you know, this is the United Kingdom after all. - -This reminds me of a funny story: as usual, yesterday I drove -out of the parking without looking in the wrong direction. -This time, a car passed by cursing me with its horn. So I -finished my manover, of course going to on the right lane -by force of habit. - -At this point, the car in front of me stopped, and I noticed -it was strangely colored with yellow and orange stickers. -A uniform came out and at this point I realized it was a -policeman. - -He walked to my window, bearing a very serious face. -Finally, he told me: "don't you know how to drive? -You're supposed to stay on the *left*!" - -Promptly, I replied: "Err... Sorry... I'm used to -drive on the right, you know? It's my first time in *England*!" - -And the policeman, even more serious: "You mean in Wales, -don't you?". He'd probably close an eye for driving on the -left, but not for calling his homeland England!!! :-) - -Well, driving on the left is a pleasant experience. -And it's not even as hard as I thought: anybody not too much -attached to their lives should give it a try! - -=== Sun, 8th === - -==== Trip to Europe ==== - -I booked a round-trip flight to London. Departure on July 14th, return on August 7th. - -I'll stay in England for a few days to attend to the GuadecConference in Birmingham and visit -my friend Cristina in Aberystwyth, Wales. - -I'm looking fwd to see all my Italian friends soon! I've not yet booked a flight to -Italy, but I've got an appointment at the US Consulate in Florence for July the 26th -for a B1 (non immigrant business visitor visa). This will hopefully extend my -permanence another 6 months. - - -==== Bender KO ==== - -Ok, bender has been down again for some time. Someone must have fixed (e.g. rebooted) -it during the weekend. Thanks. - -But I'm very curious what's wrong with it. Last time, mostro reported that dhclient -had lost the IP. Is it dhclient, then? Or the dhcp server in the dlink modem? - -=== Sat, 7th === - -==== Shakers ==== - -Today we went to NewHampshire for a trip. The original plan was to -camp somewhere, but the weather sucked, so instead we went to see the -village of the Shakers: - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers - -Pretty interesting. - -=== Sun, 1st === - -==== GUADEC 2007 ==== - -Since I'm basically forced out of the UnitedStates, I guess I could go here: - - http://www.guadec.org/ - -I've never been a strong Gnome supporter. Actually, I've not -even been a Gnome user until lately. - -Then why? Well, one reason is that it's in Birmingham, next to -where my friend Cristina lives. She invited me so many times -to visit her in England, and I really wanted to, but I never -had the opportunity to do it in so many years. - -Another good reason is that some of the OLPC people will be -there. And I'll be able to meet many other non-OLPC hackers -too. - -If you want to come over, please contact me. - -==== Body mass ==== - -My body mass increased to 154 pounds. Or the gravity -of earth increased just too fool me. - -==== GPLv3 ==== - -I've updated the license of PikiPlus to GPLv3, and I invite -you to do the same with your programs and with any programs -distributed under the GPLv2 with the "or later version" clause.