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Arrival in England and first day in London

I took a flight out of Philadelphia on the night of Saturday the 14th and arrived at Heathrow on Sunday morning. I tried to sleep on the plane, but a crying baby for most of the flight made that tricky. In spite of that, the flight was quite pleasant, I’ll certainly go with British Airways […]

Talking about the Lenny release in Linux Format

I received a direct message from RoboNuggie (thanks!) today letting me know that he’d seen me in a piece in the May issue of Linux Format Magazine discussing the Debian Lenny release. Very cool. Ok, so this didn’t come as a total surprise to me, as Juliet Kemp asked me a few questions (and for […]

Having a blast in England!

I arrived in England last Sunday morning. The week has been full of sight-seeing, relaxing (first week-long vacation for me in over 2 years!) and partaking in delicious English treats (fish ‘n chips, pie & mash, pub ale, Cadbury chocolates!). I can’t believe almost a week has gone by already. Houses of Parliament, seen from […]

Ubuntu Women Project Status – Early 2009

The last time I posted a status update on the project was June 2008. We just had a meeting on March 4th (minutes and log here) to discuss project status. It was really great to hear from some of the more active women within the Ubuntu community, and get their take on our goals and […]

Philadelphia Flower Show

Yesterday morning I met up with Stephen, Alisa and their mother to head over to the Members Preview day of the Philadelphia Flower Show. We hit Sam’s Coventry Diner prior for some breakfast and headed down to Philly around 11. I’d never been to the show before (which is billed as the biggest indoor flower […]

Clutter

I moved in to this apartment with a lot of books and stuff. I think the pack rat part of me took comfort in being surrounded by my things, especially now that I’m living alone for the first time. I moved three times last year with all of this stuff, never going through any of […]