I have just looked at traffic to my photos from Debconf10 during and after the event. During the event I sent out the link to the photos to Twitter/Identi.ca and to IRC channel of the conference. The amount of people visiting my photos rose from <100 per day to around 1000 per day. That might [...]
Please add your name and names of people you recognise here. Update: 14 people left! The rest of my DebConf10 photos are in my DebConf10 Flickr set. There will still be a few photos from today uploaded to that set tomorrow morning, but it is almost complete. Hint: it also contains a video of DPL [...]
After I finished an re-read my epic post describing my first day and a half at Debconf10 I suddenly realised that if I continue to describe the rest of 13 days here in such style and verbosity this would become a book, a boring one at that, so I decided to limit myself to 2 [...]
I had planned long for this Debconf and with the experience from the previous times I did all I could to reach one goal – minimise stress. I think I got it right this time. First of all I got my company (Accenture) pay for the whole thing, so I did not have to worry [...]
After a few months, today I finally got the approval and As I work for Accenture now, I got them to pay for the plane tickets and also spring for the ‘Professional’ registration, so more people can attend. I am very happy, and very grateful to the company and to the managers here in Riga [...]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
It has become a hidden tradition for me to watch Superbowl every year, despite disappointment in the game and coverage quality in the years before. It started as before: pre-game show, pre-pre-game show, coin toss show and kick-off show … It is clear that the show is planned by and for advertisers and not for [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Lately following the US elections (and lately the finance collapse) is an interesting thing, I have been watching the following (in the order of importance): NBC Nightly News NBC Meet the Press NBC Countdown The Daily Show/The Colbert Report Additionally, if you watch it in this order, the fear and maybe even panic that sets [...]
… I find that I am actually respecting her after this.
“Thou shalt not whine” was written under his desk. I just discovered him recently and was presently surprised by his directness in questioning politicians and challenging them to explain things that they have said before. Like a Howard Stern of politics. Not shy to respectfully question the existing assumptions, but (unlike Howard) still remaining neutral [...]
After catching a glimpse of John McCain on Saturday Night Live (SNL) I decided to watch a full show to see if is good enough to add to my daily US news lineup (which currently consists of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and NBC Daily News). From the very start the comedy level is [...]
