Georg, Sandro and I followed one handwritten sign that pointed to
another til we soon found ourselves in a cozy little bar hidden
away at the back of an industrial space. In the corners and near
the bar, a few groups of people chatted easily.
A projector waited on one of the tables, perched atop a couple
empty plastic beer crates. The PowerBook connected without fuss -
though I have yet to be able to coax 1024 x 768 out of the damn
thing when connected to a projector.
After a quick restart of X, all was ready to go. We waited for
the room to fill in a bit. The screensaver rotated pictures from
our vacation at the Hallig and we joked about the various photos.
It was quite pleasant - especially since friend, colleague and
MySQL buildmeister Lenz Grimmer took some time from his move to
come and visit.
By the time that Ulf arrived, there were about 25 people in the
room and Georg and I started the …
Nov
27
2003