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Gunnar Wolf - Nice grey life - page 228

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Suomenlinna / DebSauna
Ok, so this was the “enjoy yourself” day! In the morning/afternoon, a nice trip to Suomelina, a fortress island just south of Helsinki. Very nice place, and a good opportunity to just relax, walk a bit and talk with the crowd. It was a guided trip, and I usually hate that, but this time it was quite decent, and anyway we had plenty of time for ourselves - Which we spent talking on politics in the ex-USSR republics, the EZLN in Mexico, eating the italian crew’s mortadela and accompanying spices, sleeping, making fun at those who sleep, and a nice...

Debian Project Leader Branden Robinson
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Good, things run smooth!
It has been basically two days I am not stuck in the reception, and that things seem to basically run smooth. I still owe Andreas some pieces of Comas functionality (which I hope will be ready by tomorrow), but it’s been quite nice. I have even started doing some Debian-related job, adopting three packages I had pending, stomping on some bugs (although there was already a bug-squishing party yesterday night, which involved tequila, vodka, chapulines and some other stuff I don’t remember the names for - I think a good proportion of my chapulines were happily squished by Debconf drunk...

Quite different, indeed
How has this Debconf been to me? Quite different than what I expected. Having the responsability to have the information ordered and ready for everything to happen, managing the database up and down, has become a very time-intensive task. I actually managed to take a day off with Danny, Amaya, Alberto and Jeroen to visit Talinn (Estonia), and it made quite a good difference - without that vacation I’d be burnt out already. This trip was quite bloggable - Yesterday I had written a long entry about it, but a fucking mouse gesture erased it from Firefox… I just managed...

Unofficial hacklab set up in the dorm
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The intrepid guys who went to Talinn
Me, Jeroen, Amaya, Danny and Alberto, waiting for the ferry to leave Helsinki Attachments (0 KB)

The ferry to Talinn!
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The Comas server at HIP
Hosted at the Helsinki Institute of Physics. This is my baby and I love it. Attachments (0 KB)

Talinn medieval festival
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Talinn main square
Complete with a medieval festival! Attachments (0 KB)


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