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20061005 Thursday October 05, 2006
OpenSolaris PowerPC Port Code Release
OpenSolaris Project: PowerPC Port:
Code Release Announcement

Eventually running OpenSolaris on my PowerBook will rock.

I really like my PowerBook, but it is now ~4 years old and I continually try to do more things concurrently than I have quite enough memory and processors for. I also really like Solaris, given a new MacBook Pro I would use Parallels  and Run Solaris as well, but I would like to still use the PowerBook for something.

In the near future, within the next 6 months, I will be purchasing a new laptop. A 15" or 17" MacBook Pro, sooner if Core 2 Duo (AnandTech: Mobile CPU Wars: Core 2 Duo vs. Core Duo) MacBooks are available.

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Oct 05 2006, 09:35:05 PM EST Permalink

CEC: Photos
CEC 2006 Photos on flickr
Cec2006 A hectic breakfastThe CEC tattooIMG_2414.jpgI woke up typing Foley's Irish House The Party Keeps Going

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Oct 05 2006, 10:54:30 AM EST Permalink Comments [1]

CEC: Entries
I just took a moment to fix the content of a couple of CEC entries.

Where either I lost some fomatting or the linebreaks plugin was of less use than I had hoped.

I will hopefully get a little time to go back over the rest and get the last posts out, references included and photos uploaded shortly.

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Oct 05 2006, 10:03:27 AM EST Permalink

CEC: Ongoing

I plan on pushing updates to this entry as I have things to say that I don't want to create a new entry for.

Thursday 2006/10/05
10:21--

Relatively back to normal, on the morning calls as usual.
Still sitting in bed, flex work rocks.
Adding/updating missed and mangled entries.

01:54 Eastern--

Home, poking about a bit before going to sleep...going to take probably all of the entries I published and edit them in Nvu to fix the formatting which now that I have regular, fast and reliable network connectivity are somewhat poor in appearance.

Wednesday 2006/10/4
08:07--

I got 10 minutes of working internet connection, then people started filing in for todays general session.
Now, I am stuck again.

07:56--

Ian White's All hands meeting started at 7:30...It has been a somewhat rushed morning.

06:00--

Ian White has a mandatory all hands at 07:30.
I should try to hurry over and get some of these updates posted and photos uploaded.

03:00--

Tried to do some photo organization and updates...however I fell asleep maybe half way through looking and I can't bring myself to spend $14.95 for 24 hours of internet access.

Unfortunately whom ever it was that had authenticated and left an open AP on the hotel network is no longer online.

Tuesday 2006/10/3 
19:00--

Some good photo ops. and I think good photos.
Update: CEC2006 Photos

18:00--

Dinner/Party time...I may try to find a quiet spot and get some updates in.

15:30--

I think I have the photo of the day...it is almost perfect, maybe I will do some bad editing for effect.
Nerds Surrounded by Twinkies

14:39--

The daily overview handout...not so functional
Would be much better if it had both the session and abstract.
Of course the online schedule builder could have been much easier to use and more helpful.

11:50--

A number of comments have indicated that SMS has won out in terms of real time feedback over AIM and Mail...
But I have to say, possibly because we can't keep everyone online with the rogue SSID networks and a very high density of wireless users.
I would be interested in seeing if we have utilization numbers.

11:26--

I love geek conferences. Unfortunately there is not enough time in the day to see all of the presentations that I would attend.
Unfortunately I don't know if I will have enough time after I get home to try and listen to the recordings of the other sessions.

09:57--

I have decided that more comfortable chairs would be nice.
Also they could be wider...or I could try to not use my laptop.
Leg room is OK.

09:26--

Now there are two non-functional ad-hoc networks, it's like a party.
Only everyone is crying.

08:44--

Ooh WiFi!...only it appears that DHCP isn't working again.

08:25--

Sigh, trying to upload some photos, but in case you were not following along. The WiFi has dropped again, and someone is running a non-AP network on the same SSID so I keep picking up that network when the other has problems.

07:45--

Made to breakfast with a bit of time to spare.
Yummy; soggy eggs and potatoes
The bacon and scone were good.

Monday 2006/10/2
19:14--

Presentations done, they went well. I may well post on them seperately.
Done for the day, hungry and tired. Time for food and an early night.

12:00--

Lunch

11:36--

x4600 is the fastest FP system in the world...sweet, there are references for that but I would need to be online.

11:18--

We need to train people to ask questions more clearly.
Possibly we could create some training for that.

11:13--

Sorry about that, got online and shoved all the entries up.
I feel like a dirty spammer.

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