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Archive for October 16th, 2007


Posted on October 16, 2007 - by jono

Travel

This weekend I fly to Portugal for the Open aLANtejo\07 event. Fellow Ubuntu and Canonical bod Mirco Müller will be there, and I am going to hassle him to teach me how to spin upside down.

Then, on the 26th October I fly to Cambridge, Massachusetts for FOSSCamp and the Ubuntu Developer Summit. Both events are shaping up really nicely. If anyone over in that neck of the woods wants to meet up for a few drinks, do give me a shout. The week following UDS I will be attending a Canonical company summit, and then I fly home.

I am also beginning to think about travel for 2008, and I currently fleshing out ideas for my next big talk which I will take around the place, replacing my How To Herd Cats And Influence Talk. If you are a conference organiser and want me to speak, get in touch. :)


Posted on October 16, 2007 - by jono

PiTiVi

Ever so quick shout out to my French friend and cheese lover, Edward Hervey, for releasing 0.11.0 of PiTiVi. I know this release has been a long time coming, and we are starting to see video editing functionality being rolled into it – with this release you can import video, cut, move clips around, transcode to different formats, and other bits and pieces. Lets not forget too, that PiTiVi uses the magic formula of Python/GStreamer/GTK, so you should go and worship at its feet. I know the team are looking for some solid testing, so grab it, test it and report bugs.

The PiTiVi team are screaming out for help, so if you want to see video editing kick the proverbial derriere, and have some Python skills, get along and help out. You can pester the team on #pitivi on Freenode.


Posted on October 16, 2007 - by jono

Guitars

A little later than I would have liked due to busyness, but following on from Matthew, Jorge, Brandon and Steve, here are my guitars:

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Yep, the Jackson Kelly on the right has a chunk missing. I was warned against putting it on top of my rack while at university, and a poo-pooed the advice. Then, one dark day, it got knocked off the rack, bounced, and a big chunk ‘o Kelly came off. A musician should never ever see his guitar bounce.