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The following things are making me happy:

Finding I'm volunteering for One Laptop Per Child nearly every day and changing the world, and really enjoying it.

How the OLPC effort in Aotearoa is growing growing growing.

How many people came out to talk about how stupid Mark Shuttleworth's comment was (you know which one). "Girls" are among those that made open source what it is today, whether shuttleworth realises it or not.

Statusnet project going from strength to strength (and starting on the journey to world domination)

How Drupal is no longer this unheard of strange CMS that Brenda keeps pitching -- it's being used everywhere, for years now, in place in NZ that i've never been near. Clients turn up already wanting Drupal.

Public sector remix project gaining steam for being awesome.

How many amazing people are coming to Wellington for LCA2010 - including open source ninjas i've "known" for years and never met.

oh, and the thought that in about 2 months I will be able to see my own feet again.

I spend Friday afternoon at the aotearoa digital arts symposium.

I brought with me 50 DVDs of Ubuntu Studio. Alas i didn't realise they aren't live CDs, install only. Douglas rescued me as he brough with him 25 CDs of standard ubuntu januty so folks can try before they install.

The laptops that turned up were half windows laptops, and half mac os. All recent hardware and generally very tech savvy people as you expect from "digital artists".

Five people left with Ubuntu studio, - many more CDs handed out. Some turned up without a laptop, but took CDs with them to try later.

Also spent some of the time talking about OLPC, Freedom in general, and opensource that works on closed source OS like Audacity (audio editor) or Gimp (kinda like photoshop).

All in all, a good afternoon.

SuperHappyDevHouse Aotearoa is a monthly hackathon, combining serious and not-so-serious productivity with a fun and exciting party atmosphere.

The whole thing is about rapid development, ad-hoc collaboration and cross pollination. Hardcore coders, l33t hax0r, passionate designers, and other types that enjoy software and technology development are welcome. If this sounds like fun to you, then you're one of us.