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Ext JS is some sort of Javascript framework stuff. I know nothing whatsoever about Javascript, but what interested me was the slightly odd license. If you're a non-profit you can have it under the LGPL 3.0, but if you want to use it in a library then you have to buy a commercial license for them. This seems at odds with my understanding of the LGPL, but anyway. I'm a non-profit, so I've downloaded it under the LGPL. Under my LGPL rights, I've put it up for download here. If you want to use it in a library, feel free to do so as long as you abide by version 3.0 of the LGPL.

Thanks to Decklin for pointing this out.

Syndicated 2008-03-28 15:39:17 from Matthew Garrett

Because you all love me and deeply want to know what on Earth I'm doing with my life/want to hire me, I'll put you out of your misery and let you know that I've just accepted an offer from Red Hat to save the universe work on kernel and userspace power management. With luck, it'll go some way to making up for the ridiculous amount of flying I'm still due to do this year.

Syndicated 2008-03-23 03:07:34 from Matthew Garrett

Wednesday:


Today:


Hurrah for the open source development model!

(One of these taken by someone who can take pictures, and one taken by me)

Syndicated 2008-03-14 21:17:48 from Matthew Garrett

Airports visited in the past week: 4 (rising to 6 in 12 hours or so)
Terminals visited in Heathrow: 2
Terminals enjoyed in Heathrow: 0
Vending machines in groundside of Heathrow terminal 2: 2, hidden near the men's toilets
Temperature of "ice cold" Coca Cola from vending machine: 5°C
Currencies currently carried: 4
Passports currently carried: 2
Fuses blown in airports: 1
Belonging to me: 0
Gross vm86-related hacks perpetrated: 1
Number of x86 instructions to emulate in order to achieve the above: 21
Number actually emulated as yet: 0

Those of you who haven't been too busy not paying attention will already know my whereabouts on the 13th of October and why my alibi is weak but that's another story for another time, but also that I'm in Recife from tomorrow afternoon until some time on Sunday and Porto de Galinhas from then until Wednesday in order to present at Bossa to talk about Ubuntu Mobile and the challenges involved in turning a Linux desktop distribution into something suitable for devices that are less large than your face. Sadly, logistical errors on my part mean I won't have any demo hardware with me, but there's always some potential for other synergy. Please don't beat me to death. Ow. Not the face. Please, not the face.

Syndicated 2008-03-14 01:32:54 from Matthew Garrett

Dear Mountain View,

Why is it so indescribably awkward to get from north of 101 to downtown on foot?

Fucking sort it out,

Matthew

Syndicated 2008-03-08 02:16:50 from Matthew Garrett

It seems fashionable for people to finish their doctorates at their moment, and on Monday I (almost) joined the herd. The outcome of my defence was that they'd like a couple of extra experiments done, so it's back to the lab for a fortnight, new credit cards for everyone[1] and cab it to the Gold Club[2].

Tomorrow sees me continuing my one man campaign to destroy the planet's ecosystem by heading to the bay area[3] for a total of just under 48 hours. I then continue to France for a few days of holiday, before reversing and hitting up Recife for Bossa 08. Alarmingly this still all involves less time on planes than LCA did, which makes me conclude that Australia is in a silly location and we should ship it somewhere more convenient, like just off the west coast of Ireland.

[1] Possibly lie
[2] Definite lie
[3] Mostly the south bay. Because I hate life.

Syndicated 2008-03-05 11:53:57 from Matthew Garrett

Boston

Back in the US, crashing with kernelslacker and marvelling at the fact that Snoop Dogg has a reality TV show on bringing up kids. It also seems that the cosmetics industry has solved the cancer industry, based on the number of adverts that show magic moisturiser molecules appearing to repair DNA.

Leaving on Tuesday, some potential for booze on Monday. I'll be at FOSDEM from Friday, and ought to be at Bossa next month. April sees LRL US and power management or laptops or some sort of hangover-inspired song and dance interpretation of the driver model.

Syndicated 2008-02-18 04:41:25 from Matthew Garrett

Things that made me happy today:

Roller disco

Things that made me unhappy today:

The human race

Syndicated 2008-02-10 09:04:44 from Matthew Garrett

When I am at a conference I am unlikely to start a conversation with a woman who I don’t know because it really offends me when I receive the “I’ve got a boyfriend” type response

Doing. It. Wrong.

Syndicated 2008-02-09 12:34:56 from Matthew Garrett

Notes for the day

• My LCA presentation is now up here. Grab it now to see what the critics are already describing as a roaring rampage of revenge, or possibly that's something else. It's so hard to tell with these modern haircuts.
  
• This cafe makes up for lack of direct support of the Burmese rebels by playing the Katamari soundtrack.
  
• Since I'm hanging around Haight, I'll be here from about 7, heading to food at some point afterwards (probably 8ish) and probably back to the pub after that.
  

MESSAGE ENDS

Syndicated 2008-02-05 00:38:13 from Matthew Garrett