It’s been another crazy/hectic week for me at work, so blogging and pretty much all other activities had to take the back seat. [caption id=“attachment_1116” align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“137 issues resolved and counting!"][/caption] One important piece of news is that I have been elected to the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors together with other 6 members! Thank you all of you who voted for me! I intent to devote a bigger chunk of my time to be a proactive, hands on and very vocal member of this group and will strive to blog about my experience as much as I can!

Three more days until my birthday! Want to take a look at my wish list? ;) It was a very busy week, so I didn’t spend the same amount of time writing as the previous weeks. Thank you for the kind wishes on my birthday! :) Also, thank you Conzar, Aigars Mahinovs, Paulo Dias, Tassos Bassoukos and Rodney Dyer for the awesome tips related to playing World of Warcraft on Linux!

[caption id=“attachment_1109” align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“World of Warcraft”][/caption] Yes, I’m still alive and kicking. Been really busy at work and haven’t had the time or energy to write anything here. I have however kept my New Year’s resolution of reading a book during lunch break every day! I’m currently reading 2 books at the same time (check what other books I have read and those I have still waiting on my queue in the front page of my blog):

Three more days until my birthday! Want to take a look at my wish list? ;) Here’s what happened this week: Not Going to GUADEC 2010 After several weeks agonizing over how to afford a trip to attend GUADEC 2010, I have finally arrived at the conclusion that I won’t be able to make it. Due to my current financial situation[…] Emma’s Very Busy Week I’m the proud father of two voracious young readers!

I’m the proud father of two voracious young readers! From very early on I was able to instill into my daughters the pleasure of reading books. They also happen to be girly girls, so while most kids ask for toys and video games for their birthdays, mine ask for books and clothes/shoes! During third grade my oldest daughter happened to pick up “Emma’s very busy week" by Heather Dakota from her school’s library and just couldn’t put it down!

[caption id=“attachment_1161” align=“alignleft” width=“240” caption=“Sad Trombone”][/caption] After several weeks agonizing over how to afford a trip to attend GUADEC 2010, I have finally arrived at the conclusion that I won’t be able to make it. Due to my current financial situation and obligations as a father of two, it would be unrealistic to hop on a plane and go to this event right now for me. Unfortunately none of the organizations I approached were able to offer me any type of financial support, understandable due to today’s economy issues.

Here’s what happened this week: The Maze Runner This past March I started a new routine to my Sunday mornings: shortly after breakfast with the kids, I flip my laptop open and start reading the Books section[…] Django Developer Kit 1.2.1 I have just released the Django Developer Kit 1.2.1 appliance to match with the release of Django 1.2.1! Check this page for[…] For The Win! Sunday I was lucky enough to have the chance of attending a book reading (well, a passage actually) by Cory Doctorow!