Stuff Michael Meeks is doing

Up early. Amused that Wikileaks now has a DNS via twitter feature. Interested in this cautionary tale of the woes of Corporate Trademark ownership. Further confirmation of the intrinsic richness of the Mono environment was found in its Lake. How did we manage to wedge so many evolutionary metaphores into one project ?
... Mono Lake is also home to one of the most productive aquatic ecosystems on earth ... Mono Lake water has an unusual chemical brew of sodium, carbonates, sulfates, borates, and even trace amounts of arsenic. Yet, it is astonishingly productive. Sure, you won't find fish, and most aquatic life on earth can't survive in Mono's waters, but if you think it's toxic, spending an hour at the shoreline during summer will tell you a strikingly different story.
Sad to see the UK Department of Health not grasping their desparate need for Free Software.
Interesting paper on how to grow your project into an extra-large one, that I suppose re-states the recieved wisdom of truly open-development. Found the nice riastats website pretty - though amusingly you need flash to see, essentially a static image with mouseover tooltips.
Lunch, reviewed draft TDF bylaws in the wiki, looking good, file un-paid leave. Quick call with interviewee Joseph Powers who has been doing some great work on LibreOffice. Plugged away at reviewing and merging old patches.

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Stuff Michael Meeks is doing

2010-12-03: Friday.