LCA2005 Abstracts and Program

Linux.Conf.Au 2005 is only 10 weeks away, but to keep us all on the edge of our seats there are now abstracts linked from the speakers bio page, and a draft conference program is available.

Initial thoughts on what I must see? Jeremy Alison's and Robert Love / Rusty's talks.

I do need some place to hide on April 22 at 1:30pm though :-)

It's gonna be cool! - Registered yet? :-)

/tech/linux-australia/lca2005 | 04 Feb 2005 | #

Dead Hardware

shadowfax's external power supply just died - no smoke, it just didn't power up. S mentioned something B playing with it and slobbering all over it :-) Fortunately my work laptop uses the same connector, so I have been able to survive :-)

The laptop itself is still going - but after 4 and a half years there are now cracks in the casing, the batteries hold charge for only 1/4 what they used to, and it's been known to throw spurious irqs occasionally - but generally speaking, given the travel shadowfax has been through, this Dell Inspiron 5000 has held up pretty well.

I will replace the external power supply with a surplus one bought from eBay for $USD16, but I'm not sure how much longer I can delay the purchase of a replacement. I don't really want to make that purchase while here in the USA because then I'd have to lug 3 laptops home :-)

/meta | 04 Feb 2005 | #

Disney Photos

While I haven't blogged about it yet, there are now selected photos from the family holiday to Disney World on-line.

/travel/chicago | 04 Feb 2005 | #