Hitori

It’s the end of a busy summer and I’ve just stumbled over the finishing line with some (very) late patches to Totem for the 2.28 release. Let’s hope it’s a good one. This horrendous timing on my behalf for getting around to doing these patches is mainly due to tacking an InterRail trip onto the end [...]

Just over a week ago, I finished my month’s work experience at Red Hat UK, and I’m pleased to say it went well. I learnt lots about how Red Hat works, dived into the kernel for the first time (and worked on some kernel patches!), got an RHCT qualification, and generally had a good time [...]

I’ve been fortunate enough to have been reviewing a lot of patches recently. Fortunate, because it means other people are contributing to my library. However, few of these contributions are without their problems; as with all contributions, each ... [More] patch generally goes through two or three iterations before I think it’s near enough to being ready [...] [Less]

This blog seems to be an endless stream of release announcements, which is unfortunate. Here’s another one! libgdata 0.4.0 has just been released. This release brings support for PicasaWeb and Google Documents, courtesy of Richard Schwarting and ... [More] Thibault Saunier, respectively. The core API is slowing tending towards becoming stable, and the changes to the core API [...] [Less]

With GCDS winding down on Friday, I made my way home on Saturday (again, courtesy of those nice people at the GNOME Foundation), and got back sometime late in the evening, thankfully without Iberia-caused delays. The conference was good, and it was great to meet more of those interesting people from all over the planet. [...]

So far in my travels, I have met, for the first time, many gnomeshackers. One of the people I met was Tim-Philipp Müller and… Two of the people I’ve met were Tim-Philipp Müller, Matthew Garrett and Lennart Poettering… Amongst the many people I’ve met are such (in)famous hackers as: Vincent Untz, Alexander Larsson, Germán Póo [...]

Here I am, somehow successfully arrived in Gran Canaria, despite Iberia’s best efforts. My first plane was delayed not quite long enough to give me hope that I’d catch my connection, but just too long for me to do so comfortably. Thankfully, the second plane was also delayed, so my running down the entire length [...]

With my exams now finished (all 19 hours of them), it’s time to look forward to GCDS 2009. In a fit of madness, I signed up to do a lightning talk on “libgdata and web integration”, which will take place in the Synphonic Hall sometime between 15:30 and 16:30 on Saturday. If anyone wants a [...]

It’s been a week now since I had my last ever lessons and left school for good. I’ve been at that school for seven years now, and it’s a little weird knowing I’m never again going to have to go back there (apart from exams). I’m now on exam leave, leading up to A-level exams [...]

After seven-and-a-half years, my time as a member of the West Haddon Players has come to an end. I’ve just come back from the set break of their latest production, and the first play in a couple of years where I haven’t been doing lights and sound. The time I’ve spent with the Players has [...]