We are still feeling the oppressive heat here in Ontario, it is currently 10pm, 29C with a humidity of 79% making it feel like 42C. Hopefully the storm will get here sooner rather than later...
Sorry for the unrelated comment but I just didn't feel like scrolling back through your blog to find a post that this would fit under. Anyway, I just watched your Ubuntu/OSS presentation for the Computer Science Club of the University of Waterloo and I was blown away. In particular, your question and answer session at the end really answered some questions for me, as a computer scientist going into OSS as a profession, that have gone unanswered for a long time. Your description of scarcity in respect to making a living off of OSS was brilliant.
Creating an artificial scarcity to benefit yourself is like blowing out other people's candles to make yours shine brighter. It's childish and rather intolerable. Whereas real scarcity is actually something you have to work at to solve, and so you deserve to be rewarded for your efforts.
Even seeing the several photos people have linked to, it still impresses me that you can capture a lightning bolt.
The shot I'm proudest of so far is this one where I manage to capture klicrai (who is a reasonably accomplished martial artist) dancing with glowsticks in a several second exposure shot.
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Need... rain...
Nice catch!
Here is the presentation in case you forgot what you said:
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/Software%20development%20gets%20on%20the%20Cluetrain.html
-Luke
http://www.openradix.org/
Purdue Linux Users Group
Creating an artificial scarcity to benefit yourself is like blowing out other people's candles to make yours shine brighter. It's childish and rather intolerable. Whereas real scarcity is actually something you have to work at to solve, and so you deserve to be rewarded for your efforts.
Fried Simon isn't exactly a pleasant thought.
Even seeing the several photos people have linked to, it still impresses me that you can capture a lightning bolt.
The shot I'm proudest of so far is this one where I manage to capture
klicrai (who is a reasonably accomplished martial artist) dancing with glowsticks in a several second exposure shot.
Your camera has to be set to a reasonably long exposure, and then you pray that lightning strikes while the shutter is open.