Today I appreciate YUM’s mirror-select tool, in comparison to what APT offers me. OptusNet’s mirror is down, so its a case of editing /etc/apt/sources.list and doing a %s/au.archive/archive/g. With YUM, it’d have just found another mirror – now that seems like (good) redundancy to me.
Does anyone know where I can get this? You know, to decorate my laptop with? Preferably large stickers to stick at the back of my laptop screen and small enough badges for sticking on desktops, or even to replace the “Designed for Windows” badge.
Closest I’ve found is this little bit from Fedora Weekly News Issue #95 on stickers. Stop worrying about the trademark violations for crying out loud, and have official stickers already.
This was the problem, and probably still is the problem with The Fedora Project. Discuss, discuss, discuss, but when it comes to doing, there’s a lot of waiting. Well, its not only the Fedora Project that suffers from this disease known as over-discussing. Probably a rant for another day…
P/S: Someone from the Ubuntu LoCo team was handing out Ubuntu stickers as well as PC badges (those small ones that look like the Intel Inside or Powered by Windows logos) at linux.conf.au 2007. It’d be cool if there were Fedora ones to hand out as well…
Tell me what’s wrong with the picture:
Anyways, Ubuntu Live looks like a great conference. The session line-up looks more like a conference than the one-day FUDCon’s, and with the tracks (there are 4 concurrent tracks), I am truly impressed. A big part of me wishes I was there… Some interesting tech bloggers like Stephen O’Grady of Redmonk fame, and Matt Asay are keynoting.
Of course, MySQL’s very own CEO, MÃ¥rten Mickos is also giving a keynote on Monday July 23, at 9:20-9.40am.
One caveat with Ubuntu Live: its cost. FUDCon is free, and true to its nature, really does spread community love (with about two tracks). Its USD$895 to attend Ubuntu Live – very troublesome to the pocketbook.
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I’ve felt the urge of eating a good congee (porridge) for a while now. Ever since the amazing fish congee I had at Low Yat Plaza a couple of weeks back, I figured I must attempt to make my own.
I don’t know what a cup refers to in recipes, so I’ve just used a mug. All I used was 1 large pot, 2 cups of long grain rice (I’ve bought my first 2kg bag of rice, in what must be over 3 years), and 9 cups of water. Set it to boil, and the moment it starts doing that, drop the heat to medium low. The lid is then popped back onto the pot, but tilted (or the nozzle opened) to allow steam to escape.
This goes on for about 45 minutes or so, till I decide its now time to chuck the ingredients in. 200g of prawns (peeled, tails removed – about $4 at Coles), a handful of scallops (a whole bag is about $10), about six crab sticks (can’t remember how much these cost, but there’s more in the container), and a fish fillet (estimated to be about $2.50) cut into bite sizes. Let this simmer again for another 15 minutes or so.
Voila! I now have congee. Of course, the amount I’ve made, I’ll probably be eating this for a few days to come (got about 1.5 containers filled with this in the fridge now). Condiments to add include fried anchovies (ikan bilis), something I’ve not been able to get the crispy texture right with, and also a bit of a scrambled egg (just break an egg into the pan, and scramble away). I vaguely recollect there being more pickled bits that Chinese restaurants serve, but I didn’t muster up the courage to visit the Asian Grocer today. Oh, sesame oil – add some once ready to serve.
References: about.com, gourmet traveller
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As the Google Summer of Code mid-term mentor surveys have been completed, we’ve got a strong nine projects in the MySQL front, from what I can tell. Its an exciting time, as there’s code available from some of the projects, and the students have got interesting blog entries as well. What I’d consider as the one-stop resource for all would be the Participants in the Summer of Code 2007 page.
Milos Prodanovic deserves special mention as he’s just posted code to the internals list, with his IPv6 data type patch. Also, from what I can tell, Charles Cahoon is currently in the Top 30 active bloggers on Planet MySQL, so kudos to him too. To the rest, continue working hard and cutting great code.
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It has become obvious that there are just too many people to meet up with, and too many locations to travel to, with so little time to do them all. So setting up temporary office, seems to make the most sense! Those that have emailed me, have also received the following in their email.
Where?
Lobby Lounge Restaurant/Cafe
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
392, Havelock Rd
Singapore
When?
Thursday, July 5 2.30pm – 6pm
Friday, July 6 8am – 11am
What to do if I’m not there?
Just drop me an SMS or a quick call to +6-012-204-3201.
This is in addition to the meetup we’re having. Depending on how my meetings on Friday go, there might be yet another afternoon session available.
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