And the ((software freedom day)) pictures (component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,50/catid,19/) are up as ELUG (/www.elug.co.za) turned the ((atlas mall)) in ((Boksburg)) into ground zero for the ((east rand)) celebrations of ((gnu)), ((unix)), ((linux)) and all the other good stuff. Of course most of the people there were ((Benoni)) boys, even if some of us are still more like Benoni ((n00bs)) (this being a clever self-refferential joke). So go ogle a bunch of ((geeks)) getting their ((groove)) on and explaining to absolutely everyone who will listen (and everyone who won't mind you) the importance of freedom in the ((digital world)) while I also ((celebebrate)) the most ((tagged)) post I have ever done. No I'm not starting a ((habit)), I'm just joking around – it's about ((freedom)) after all, and this is my blog and I ((can if I want to))

After much hassling and tossing with the everybody from the United States Consulate through travel agents and several airlines – things are finally official.This coming Thursday I am leaving for San Francisco, which I will reach on Friday morning. During the following week I will be in a workshop for a customer with several other developers, which is the main reason for my going there.As a little bonus, Silvia's airmiles means she can join me there, so the weekend, and the evenings will be spent in that most glorious of states: hugging the woman I love. If any of my net.friends.list.members are in SFO at the time, pop me an e-mail and we'll go have some beers one evening.

And like every holiday… there is a song… Join us now and share the software;You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free. x2Hoarders may get piles of money, That is true, hackers, that is true. But they cannot help their neighbors; That's not good, hackers, that's not good. When we have enough free software At our call, hackers, at our call,We'll throw out those dirty licenses Ever more, hackers, ever more. Join us now and share the software;You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free. x2