It's almost Halloween/Samhain and even deadlines begin to rise from their graves. The submission deadline for the PEPM06 paper has been prolongated until today and I was asked to submit more test results. That was time-consuming work with academic software, which only works in theory (pun intended). ;)

Living la Vida Linux

I'm getting paid for adjusting Redhat's Anaconda installer to work well with gentoo-based VidaLinux OS. If the next release of VLOS installs very smoothly, you know who to thank. :)

I never thought that I would ever install a time-consuming gentoo, until VLOS came around and convinced me. It isn't even time-consuming but works out of the box!

Nokia 770

Like many other GNOMErs around the world, I finally received my Nokia 770 internet tablet with developer discount today. And it's good to know that Nokia is donating my EUR 100 to the GNOME foundation.

The tablet is a nice toy; now I have a compelling reason for buying a WLAN router. If I find time, I'll take a closer look at the maemo development platform for this device soon. I guess it's only a matter of time until I will port gDesklets and maybe gDeskCal to this device in some form.

In Print

The book Exploring Python which has a chapter written by me is currently in print. It will be released in early November by Software & Support Verlag GmbH. Put it on your Xmas wishlist! :D