Sun, 22 Feb 2004

Back from OSWC

Going to Malaga was really a good idea. I was happy to meet a few Debian people for the first time (Keybuk, Kamion, Mithrandir, pere, Konstantinos... and to a lesser extent, tbm ;) and had a great time with them. I think that the meetings we held were quite productive, and I'm looking forward to read teo's report and conclusions next week.

Some of the best moments where when I first met tbm and he started with the <censored> joke (censored, just so Google doesn't learn too quickly about it), and when he started harassing poor Leni in the meeting rooms area. The Cena de Gala was tremendously funny too. I was invited by Roberto, Juantomás and Miguel to sit at their table, and during the dinner, Juantomás told us how Roberto started bowing before the Spanish prince when he approached the HispaLinux stand and said "Majestad" and all the stuff. Roberto, no se puede caer más bajo! As Miguel put it, Roberto se deja impresionar demasiado fácilmente. Miguel (who by the way seems to finally know who I am ;) also killed time while waiting for the food miss-firing balls of bread at the women in the table behind us. I wanted to hide below the table... The last day, after a few guys had already left, Thimo, Bdale, Tollef, Colin, Scott, Konstantinos, Guillem and I went for lunch/dinner on our own, and later for a few beers in an Irish pub, where we had some good laughs in a small corner which glowed in blue.

Guillem and I had 6 hours from the time the Congress ended (~15:00) to the time we had to get into our train (21:00). Well, we ended up having to run a bit to not miss it. Both train trips were quite awful, as it's pretty difficult to get some sleep in such conditions, but it surely was worth it. I'm looking forward to the Valencian congress, where I hope more Debian people will be able to attend.

Now, back into the routine, I probably want to go to bed, as I have cycling training tomorrow, if the rain permits.