work hard, drink hard @ netfilter workshop

I didn't attempt attending Linux Kernel Summit in Cambridge, UK. It's way way above my head. Netfilter workshop guys were nice to let me sit in their some 30 members panel and I'm glad to be in it and yet have to admit it's still way above my head. Eric's maintaining live blog with each sessions so I stop typing like crazy writing notes w/ all these keywords for netlink, netfilter, iptables, tracking, conntrack, HA, ... and am trying to listen in to the discussion. It's not a tutorial, it is about as intense as netconf headed by core contributor of linux netdev. Eric's live blog is at: Netfilter Workshop Résumé.

Another thing I've been busy, taking advantage of excellent wifi bandwidth @ hosting company, Astaro, is uploading photos from Cambridge, London, Paris and Karlsruhe/Durlach. I usually use the tool for iPhoto on Mac, so I attempted manual upload which I have not done in over a year. Ouch! uploading over 200 images manually, 6 at a time? Soon, I got impatient and went to flickr's tools section and learned about jUpload. Only downside was requirement for latest Java SDK, which I had to go to http://java.sun.com, download, and do the link for /usr/bin/java. That took extra 1/2hour but boy am I glad now that jUpload is doing all the photo uploading work. It took mere 1/2hour to upload my photos from punting in Cambridge, some 60+ photos. Yay...

Harald is supposed to have moved on from netfilter maintainership to do openMoco, but he's real sharp with questions, feedback and practically leading discussion. Between Patrick and Harald, the past two days' discussions are running real tight and intensely.

Of course, Astaro and Patrick,currently maintaining netfilter and works for Astaro as a contractor, is putting some fun stuffs like drinking, bowling and stuffs in between discussions. Beer glass seem to be twice the size of what i see in U.S. pubs and I see guys drinking 4-5 glasses w/o showing it at all.

Well, in Akihabara group members would disappear in numbers when passing different electronics shop. In Karlsruhe a few members would disappear when passing different pub house. ROFL. Like it was in Australia, or in UK, discussions are heated and long and drinkings go on until midnight. Amazing but true, these guys would get up at 7am following day and show up eagerly by 8am. ^^