Monthly Archives: July 2008

Seen on Debian…

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

So I was upgrading my Debian installation the other day, and saw the following… Get:18 http://mirror.internode.on.net lenny/main khelpcenter 4:4.0.0.really.3.5.9.dfsg.1-4 [2339kB] Rather interesting version number, don’t you think?

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Harbucks Revisited

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

On September 4, 2006, I wrote the following: Today, Hobart’s first Starbuck’s Coffee store opened. I’m going to celebrate by not going! It seems that I’ve almost succeeded in my quest to never visit Starbucks here… In the SMH today, … Continue reading →

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Neugebauer Chocolate

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Neugebauer Chocolate, originally uploaded by Christopher Neugebauer. I was in the TUU Shop today, and did a double-take as … Continue reading →

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Google Code Jam

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

Just a friendly reminder to you all that Google Code Jam 2008‘s qualifying round opens today. Code Jam is an individual programming competition, which lets you compete with a number of languages. Qualifying opens at 9AM Australian time, and you … Continue reading →

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Self-absorption in brief

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

My 20th Birthday was yesterday, so I’m making amends for not posting about it yesterday by making a note of it today. Notably, I don’t really feel any older than any time before, other than a strange feeling of foreboding … Continue reading →

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LCA2009: Python Miniconf Proposal

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

I just posted the following announcement of my proposal for a Python Miniconf to be held at linux.conf.au 2009 to Australian Python mailing lists. I’m posting it here in case anyone has missed it: Linux.conf.au 2009 is to be held … Continue reading →

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The Gruen Transfer (and car parks etc)

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

Last Friday, whilst in Sydney on a short trip, I had the fortune of being asked to go ice skating with a bunch of people from USyd. This required me to visit a large suburban shopping mall. Whilst the ice … Continue reading →

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Music!

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Christopher Neugebauer

A band that I’ve been quite impressed by of late is The Grammar Club, a four-piece rock/hip-hop group from the USA who produce their music collaboratively over the Internet. They relaunched their website recently, and whilst it is a really … Continue reading →

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