[First things first: Happy Birthday to Debian, which turns 15 tomorrow, I think. Debian runs on just about anything, including toasters and electric toothbrushes, and their innovation and dedication to the free/open source paradigm is unsurpassed.]
Those of you who know me — admittedly or not — know that I can talk up a storm with the best of ‘em. If it’s a topic I’m interested in (like, um, GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software, for starters), I can talk all day and night given the chance. I often do. Even if it’s not a topic I’m interested in, if I know about it, I’ll discuss it for as long as you can stand it.
So while I’m sure there’s a 12-step program that can help me — “Hi, my name is Larry and I’m verbose” — lately I’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of talk and conversation revolving around Lindependence. This is fine with me, obviously, but what makes it more interesting than usual is that those who have been talking to me about Lindependence lately are perfect strangers wanting to know a.) how I did it (or more appropriately, how I am doing it), b.) how can they do what I did in Felton, and c.) why I am doing it in the first place?
So while I’m banking off of a northeast wind and sailing on a summer breeze, the phone keeps ringing. Today, a company in Portland, Ore., called Touchstone Technology wanted to ask about Lindependence and how they could do one there (despite the fact we already have someone in Portland — David Kaplan — who has done some of the legwork already to get a Lindependence project going there). I get stopped at New Leaf and asked computer questions by people with whom we share a mutual acquaintance (and thank heavens for the San Lorenzo Valley Press-Banner; because of the small photo story about Lindependence, now I’m “that computer guy in the newspaper”).
This is not a complaint by any stretch of the imagination. It just amazes me that the word has gone forth from our events last month and has filtered through the community.
Makes you wonder what the first Felton LUG meeting is going to be like in two weeks.
The weather suits my clothes, since it’s 79 and sunny.
