This is my home. This is where I lived, worked, and enjoyed life for more than ten years now. This is where most of my friends and family are.
There is going to be a Free Software / Open Source conference “Freedom and Technology” this Saturday, October 3rd (18:00-21:00) in Cyprus University of Technology, in Limassol, Cyprus. Organizers are the same people you know from the Ubuntu CY community. I’m going to do a talk titled “The practical guide to Open Source participation”. Slides will be linked here after the talk.
See you there.
This weekend I got my first bar ban. I was asked to leave TePee Strictly Rock bar and to never ever come back. Which I did and which I won’t.
(This post is here mostly for those people who were there on Saturday and who keep asking me what happened.)
What happened was an escalation of misunderstanding, mostly of what is rock music, what is a rock bar, what is a live gig, and what are the behavioral boundaries. I don’t claim to be an expert on the subject, but I do have an opinion, with which a few people agree. Too bad, the band on stage and the owner of the establishment didn’t.
It turns out I was too loud in the crowd. It turns out I was making the band uncomfortable by screaming requests for something heavier (AC/DC, Rammstein, Metallica, etc) than Bon Jovi and Aerosmith. Too bad I wasn’t familiar with the band’s repertoire – my bad. And, it turns out that asking for a refund will get you kicked out. No problem. Maybe the band repertoire was a wrong reason to ask a refund for. Maybe I should have mentioned the horrible sound engineering instead. It’s too late now anyway.
On the other hand, it looks like some people enjoyed the gig (there are YouTube videos). So maybe I was inappropriate. To each his own I guess. TePee is not a rock bar in my book anymore. And I’m not a wanted customer in TePee. Fair enough.
Who would have guessed that this was taken in Limassol, Cyprus? (except for those who have been to MyMall, of course)
Found on Flickr.
Spreading the word from the Ubuntu CY – Cyprus Linux forums:
HotForex and the Cyprus FOSS community would like to invite you to “Open-Source Software an Enterprise Solution: An insight into how HotForex utilizes FOSS to excel in the Foreign Exchange Industry”.
The event will case study HotForex and how the business has transitioned from a fledgling company using traditional business solutions, into an organization with over 100 employee’s across countries and fully utilizing FOSS.
After the main presentation there will be 2 short presentations by the Cyprus FOSS community.
Place: Hustle Lounge Bar, 3 Griva Digheni Avenue, Nicosia 1081
Date: 18th of November, 2014 (19:00 – 23:00)Agenda:
6:45 – 7:00 pm: Pre-presentation drinks
7:00 – 7:40 pm: ‘Open-Source Software in the Enterprise’ by HotForex
7:40 – 8:00 pm: ‘Skills for the near-future sysadmin’ by Cyprus FOSS Community
8:00 – 8:30 pm: ‘ETL Processes with Talend* for Big Data Management’ by Cyprus FOSS CommunityThe presentations will be in English. The event is open to anyone wishing to attend.
A finger food buffet and drinks will follow after the presentations.
For more information:
The heat is finally down. There is a cool breeze. The sun is setting down. A cold beer in hand. Pink Floyd playing at the background. A friend nearby. This view. And no agenda for the rest of this really slow Sunday. I love Limassol. I love Cyprus. And sometimes I love it even more.