Brent Simmons has released version 1.0.4 of NetNewsWire. The release notes list an impressive change log including <xhtml:body> support (allowing parser-friendly inclusion of XHTML content in RSS feeds) and gzip support for HTTP transfers (reducing the amount of traffic produced significantly if the server supports it). Good work, Brent.
Radio SubEther was the 24 hour radio show at the Chaos Communication Camp. The radio crew did a lot of interviews and reports on the Camp.
Now the whole radio show is available online in MP3 format via HTTP and FTP. If you have missed either the Camp or the radio show, you might want to go for it.
Here is a list of known mirrors:
If you are willing to set up a mirror for these files, please post the URL of your mirror here as a comment.
There is a helpful FAQ for using iChat behind a Vigor router.
I was told it is just a working title, but working titles tend to be pretty final anyway. So the successor the Camp is going to be named HEX2005 [via Notes from my terminal].
It seems as if the dual four-year strategy (having one big event in Germany and one in Holland every four years) is going to continue. Which means that the CCC has to follow up in 2007. However, I am sure we are going to contribute to HEX (or however it might be called in the end) in one way or the other.
The CCC is not that experienced in doing international events. The Congress has been a mostly german show for a long time – not surprising as it started 20 years ago and everything was far away from being a worldwide international scene doing daily electronic and non-eletronic communication. So it grew as a mostly national event with some english gum drops here and there. The good german language skills of our dutch friends allowed some expansion in non-german speaking territories and eventually told us a lot about “being international” as Holland has always been an “international country”.
But today everybody at CCC wants to change this. The Camp is our international pilot project and for the second time we managed to go ahead and doing everything in english. We are aware of the currently existing language problems with the german crowd but there is not much we can do about it instead of pushing forward forcing us to do everything in english. That‘s what we do and I am sure we will see continuous improvement over the coming years.
The next Congress – celebrating it‘s 20th anniversary at a brand new location at the heart of Berlin (Alexanderplatz) – will be the next test. I think we‘ll try hard to provide a significant amount of english talks. I don‘t know if it is going to be 30% or rather 50%. It all depends on what talks will be offered to us and I want to encourage everybody from outside Germany to come and join and contribute and raise the language barrier even more.
In the end, all this will be an integrated process: more english talks will produce more english speakers. The young generation has less and less problems being bi-lingual – even in Germany which is a difficult country as every movie is dubbed and the language is of non-roman descent.
But I am pretty optimistic. The next open air event in Holland in 2005 will see many visitors from Germany and they all know there is not a single german talk for them. And many of the interesting talks at the next two Congresses will come in english as well. English is our our daily dog food anyway and being able to speak and write is as important as being able to install, administrate and program your computer.
The CCC is willing to improve as it is one of the organizations that brings the European (and non-European) context together. This is a good thing. And we should try hard to improve on that even more.
Boy, it is so obvious but then again charmingly surprising: the Google search field can be used as a calculator. Just enter a math expression. [Notes from my terminal]
We have dismantled 99% of the Camp right now and the Camp Crew will be dead and unresponsive during this weekend. We hope you had big fun at the Camp. I think, the atmosphere was amazing those who missed that are doomed to bite their nails forever for not being there.
A big, big thank you to all the ChaosAngels and everybody else who made the Camp possible. Free Hugs!
I am going to review certain aspects of the Camp in the coming days when I find the time.
The CampWiki system has returned to its original rack and is accessible again. Please feel free to drop your reviews, annotations, papers, storys, experiences and whatever you think might be worth knowing about the Camp.
Hi, this blog entry is meant to collect photo page links of the Camp. If you know a URL please post it as a comment. When the list is filled, I will add it to the finalized Camp 2003 web site. Thanks.
Make it your guiding principle to do your best for others and to be trustworthy in what you say. Do not accept as friend anyone who is not as good as you. When you make a mistake do not be afraid of mending your ways.