I read this book before LCA 2012, but never had a chance to mention it here. It was the first return to Midkemia for me since I read the Krondor’s Sons books. This book is set a lot later, and there is very little reuse of characters between The Riftwar Saga or even Krondor’s Sons….
Month: January 2012
Are you in a LUG? Do you want some promotional materials for LCA 2013?
Canberra was announced as the host for LCA 2013 at the close of LCA 2012. As part of that closing, we handed out postcards and laptop stickers to delegates. However, we deliberately had extra printed on the theory that groups like LUGs, university computer societies and so forth would be interested in having promotional materials…
linux.conf.au Returns to Canberra in 2013
I am incredibly pleased to announce that linux.conf.au 2013 will be hosted by Canberra, Australia between 28 January 2013 to 2 February 2013. As the director for 2013 I have been blessed with a simply incredible team who has done fantastic work during the bid process, and I am confident that we will pull off…
Its a good sign that they’re already making fun of me, right?
So, today on IRC… 16:07 <mikal> So, breakfast catering at the student accommodation… Will there be bacon? 16:07 <ctudball> mikal: You have my permission to riot if there is no bacon. 16:07 <mikal> Yay! 16:07 <mikal> Real coffee? 16:08 <ctudball> mikal: No. 16:08 <mikal> ! … 16:10 <mikal> I can still add breakfast to my…
Further adventures with base images in OpenStack
I was bored over the New Years weekend, so I figured I’d have a go at implementing image cache management as discussed previously. I actually have an implementation of about 75% of that blueprint now, but its not ready for prime time yet. The point of this post is more to document some stuff I…