April 16, 2007
General
Comments Off on OGB’s First Meeting
After the relative farce of our first attempt, the 2nd call was a much more productive call, including an audio recording of what we all sound like.
I think it’s fair to say that most of the board are still trying to find their feet, trying to figure out where our responsibilities lie, and how best to spend our time. If you think there’s something we need to address, let us know, though if you’re not comfortable discussing it in a public environment (for sensitive issues mostly), remember we have a private forum if necessary.
April 15, 2007
General
Comments Off on Student Projects for OpenSolaris
It was a *really* tough call with just over 40 student applications – while we had planned for 8 slots, we ended up getting 4 in total, and have the following student projects this year –
by John Sonnenschein, mentored by Garrett D’Amore
by Rahul Murmuria, mentored by Bill Sommerfeld
by Samy Al Bahra, mentored by Darren Reed
by Raymond T Harper, mentored by Rob Giltrap
Congratulations to the successful students (you’ll be hearing more from them soon), and sorry that so many awesome project ideas and students missed out. Hopefully next year we’ll be able to increase the number.
April 10, 2007
General
Comments Off on Planet Sun
Sun has an official planet – who’d have known.
April 10, 2007
General
Comments Off on Solaris Install Demo
The guys in the Caiman project are really rocking, with a demo of the the dwarfed down install now available. Very cool, though I’m struggling to find the source code right now.
April 2, 2007
General
Comments Off on Another View
A view from the office, for Stephen.
April 1, 2007
General
Comments Off on Makara Peak
Took off on Sunday morning for Makara Peak, touted as having some good tracks. Most of the tracks are pretty well maintained as you weave in and out of the forest, slowly working your way up towards Makara Peak. I did the recommended into heading up Koru, Sally Alley, Missing Link, Aratihi, wussed out at doing the top part of Ridgeline because of the wind, headed down the 4WD track, connected up with Ridgeline extension, and finally SWIGG/Starfish. It was a pretty fun ride, though a massive difference from the technical rock hopping of the Port Hills. Still, a fun couple of hours riding and getting used to the new bike/SPD’s.
