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• 23:39 Bluegrass Mozart for teh win! #

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Vous êtes invités à une réunion d’organisation du BEC qui aura lieu le jeudi 18 mars à 20:30 au Golden Gate Cafe, 3 rue St Georges à Rennes.

Au programme:
* rappel des créneaux et salles disponibles: 013, 014 et 015 au sous-sol du bâtiment 2A de la fac Beaulieu de 10:00 à 18:00 le 16/04 et 17/04. 3 salles de 50 personnes, deux seront allouées pour 2 tracks de conférences (pour un total de 32 slots) et la 3e pour workshops/expositions/socialisation/posters/nerdage.
* vote des propositions (les personnes du comité de programmation ne pouvant pas etre présentes enverront leurs votes par mail avant la réunion)
* matos et salle pour le concert du 15
* comm post-CFP: logo, web, affiches et flyers couleur
* inscriptions en ligne des visiteurs
* restauration
* équipement des salles
* hébergement des conférenciers
* streaming et enregistrement des confs
* signalétique sur le site
* assurance

I've recently learned that silence is scary in some cases. Fucking scary. If a person that's (very) close to me and with whom I usually have a tight connection (even just for chit chats or just virtual hug) suddenly falls silent, xe "disappears" in my mind, sails away past the horizon... It takes me a few days to get to this state of mind with someone that close, but I do get there eventually...

This is fairly new to me, I can't recall having experienced this before, not in this manner... or maybe I've exceedingly patient before and am not any longer? God knows I've been patient to a point that I was hurting myself, so in a way, it's good that I sense this these days, that the connections affect me this way. More... life?

Still, scary.

This is ages ago... 20 years ago, almost exactly! Still, I remember it well.

D went on a trip with a friend (B), gone for a week, or was it two? Anyway, shortly after they came back, we all got together, and that's when D want to talk a little bit... and she told me that B had asked her to mary him... and I think she wanted to make sure I was ok with it somehow and... but most of all, I simply think she wanted to be honest with me as soon as possible...

Looking back, I took it very well. Sure, I was sad because I felt like I had lost her, but our relationship wasn't the best at the time, I think it was slowly dying off. So, sad I was, but still cared for her as a friend... enough to be her best man (or whatever it's called) at their wedding, and spending time with them both later on, quite easily.

At this point, I believe many would be screaming with anger, just hearing this story. And some might view me as pretty damn weak, and maybe I was, I really don't know.

The striking thing, though, is that while thinking about this yesterday, I realised that D had been unfaithful with me (we did live a monogamous relationship, although we never got married). I had never even thought of it in these terms before yesterday, and even today, thinking back, I can't see even the tiniest bit of jealousy. I was angry, yes, but that was for being abandoned, not much else. I truly had no problems with them getting together.

Makes me wonder...
Makes me wonder about me and jealousy.
Makes me wonder about me and forms of relationships.

• 15:39 Now with tickets to both Hayseed Dixie (tomorrow) and Tiger Lillies (31-3) at the Junction. Whee! :) #

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The more I'm living in open relationships, the more my views on what constitutes a realtionship become nuansed and varied, there are all kinds of reasons to spend time together and do whatever you do together.

(oh, I should probably mention that in this text, I'm using the term "relationship" in a fairly wide manner, so it's not limited by the idea of "being together"... for example, the classic friendship is a relationship in this context... still, I'm talking about close relationships, so it's not as wide as to include coworkers, for example)

Observing myself lately and thinking back over how I'm relating with a select nunber of people the last two years, I've identified a few components that I tend to see in the way I relate with people...

Spending time, Friendship, Play, Falling/Being in love, Intimacy, A desire to be together.

All components aren't necessarely there with each person, though. For example, it would be quite possible to enjoy spending time with someone, be friends, enjoy intimacy together but not being in love or having a desire to be together (1). Interestingly enough, some components do not need to be mutual while others do, at least for practical purposes (there's a friend that I've fallen in love with while she hasn't with me, and I feel perfectly fine, have no problems spending time with her).

While figuring this out, I've become quite conscious of how selective I can be, while at the same time not. I can play at different levels with different people and enjoy whatever there is to enjoy together, that's not being terribly selective in my view. But then, just because I'm being intimate with someone a few times, regularly or not, doesn't necessarely mean I've fallen in love or have a desire for something more committed, that's where I'm being selective.
I gotta say, though, that when all those components are there, mutually with the same person(s), sparks fly inside me. Rare gems, this doesn't happen with everyone. And that's fine.

Today I went to the anarchist book faire in the Golden Gate Park. I was there anyway, due to Lindy in the Park, and figured I'd go and check it out.

I haven't felt that out of place for a long time. Possibly not since I went to a Stanford football game.

The visit wasn't a loss - I found some gorgeous bits and pieces; stickers, badges and a few Noisebridge friends. But I felt genuine alienation, in a way I often do - both when I interact with evangelical christians and with radical liberals. The issue is worldview.

In both cases, I can see the line of reasoning either goes through to arrive at their positions and conclusions. But I simply do not share the worldview they base that line of reasoning on. And not sharing their axioms, I cannot myself arrive at their theorems.

For the evangelical christians, my non-acceptance of a God-as-described-in-that-subset-of-the-bible (sometimes with-their-interpretation for good measure) means that I reject most of the resulting opinions. I won't even touch the matter of whether the modern christian right espouses values that actually DO have any ground in the bible, as I'm trying to talk about the contrast in worldviews.

And for the radical liberal movement, there is a prevalence of conspiracy theories that I find deeply unpalatable.

Conspiracy theories are the easy way out. And they reveal a lack of understanding for the amazing world of probabilities. Way too often, the narrative I meet when listening to the radical left is something like this:

1. This bad thing is happening.
   
2. We have identified these factors that lead to the bad thing.
   
3. Here's how improbable it would have been that all these factors happen at the same time, identified by recto-numerical extraction.
   
4. Since it's so improbable, it couldn't have happened, so there must be SOMEONE pulling the strings.
   

In fact, it did happen, so it could have happened. Improbable does not mean impossible, and assuming that someone had to lie behind it is a common fallacy between conspiracy theorists and creationists, and it's annoying in both cases.

It's also lazy. By conjuring an enemy, you get to rally around a cause. Even if nobody actually does fill the role of the Grand Satan, you can point at all the coincidences you observe, and get a lot of enthusiasm without having to deal with horrible and difficult philosophical issues such as "What if THEY aren't evil through and through?"

And this boils down to my own position: I think that...

• ...not everything is perfect.
  
• ...most people try to do what they think is the best thing.
  
• ...we can always improve, but it'll be easier if you don't beat people up while you do it.
  

Specifically, in spite of the demonization from ALF and PETA, I actually do think that most medical researchers
are basically nice people, trying to make the world a better place. I don't think that medical researchers think they are evil - and certainly not as evil as ALF and PETA make them out to be.

And thus, while looking at the anarchist book faire, I feel out of place. And I try to avoid discussing issues with passionate activists while in a room full of people, all of whom disagree with me in the above, and some of whom have proven that they are not above violence to further their causes.

I am not an anarchist.

• 13:48 I declare spring is here, as I now have freckles. Also, happy Pi-day everyone! #

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La Suite Logique hackerspace invites hackers from all around the world to participate to the first edition of Les Contorsions Technologiques that will run from April 30 to May 2 at la Suite, alternative cultural space in the middle of Paris, France.

What are Les Contorsions Technologiques ? It's a mix of workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations and performance, in a setting favorable to discovery, experimentation and exchange. It's an invitation to grab the tools and take the initiative back, to shatter norms and reshape our universe. It's the celebration of all the creative, funny or spectacular uses of technology, and knowledge sharing.

Help us to spread the word by diffusing this Call for Proposals!

--[ Call for Proposals ]----

Les Contorsions Technologiques revolve around three big ideas:
- exhibiting tangible technology applications, as they are easier to feel;
- guiding people on their meeting with technology;
- inspire people into following our footsteps and play with technology.

We decided to not have lectures, and to ignore computer-only subjects. But do
not worry, there is still a wealth of topics. If you are unsure about this,
here is a list of possible topics:

* Electronics Basics
- all arduino things
- blinky boards
- squeaky circuits
- robotic runts
- radio transmissions

* Day to day
- TV-B-gone and friends
- RFID jewelry
- RFID killers
- makerbots and RepRap
- DIY domestic appliances
- DIY biotechs
- DIY clothing

* Art and games
- brainmachine
- demomaking
- 8-bit music
- puredata and supercollider
- object tracking
- physical peripherals
- circuit bending

* Urban hacking
- LED throwies
- laser tag
- building fronts as giants screen, one pixel per window

* Science
- Tesla coils
- quadrocopters
- autonomous drones

And, of course, everything we might have forgotten ...

Finally, we have the pleasure to offer you a quite uncommun exhibition medium,
the front of a 7 story building. Be megalomaniac, we have the resources for!
(more information on this very soon)

--[ Submissions ]----

Send your submissions at cfp@contorsions-technologiques.org before April 3,
23:59 GMT. Acceptance notifications will be sent around April 8 and the
schedule will be published around April 15.

Your submissions shall be a Plain Text, PDF, OpenDocument or RTF file, and
shall contain the following informations:
- type
- summary (1000 characters max)
- lang (fr/en)
- logistics need (tables, chairs, power, light, sound)
- contact information (at least an e-mail address)
- if applicable, a link to pictures or videos

Here are the submission types we accept:
- workshop: one or two people help to realize a small project (30 to 90 min of
work, no big hardware. Soldering iron is OK, drill press is not)
- exhibition: present your realizations and do interactive demonstrations
- demo/performance: be the star during 10 to 30 minutes. e.g.: tesla coil,
quadrocopter flight
- concert: between 30mn and 2h

Don't forget: everything is possible, as long as you drop us some lines to talk
about it.

--[ Practical Informations ]----

Les Contorsions Technologiques are organised without budget by volunteers on
their free time. Therefore, we cannot help with travels or accomodation
expenses, but we might be able to organise makeshift accomodation for
participants. Please contact us for more details.

Check out our web site for the last updates and other stuff:

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/

This call for proposals is available here :

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/cfp.html

Subscribe to the annonces mailing-list to be warned of the last updates:

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/annonces

Meet us on IRC :
irc://chat.freenode.net/#lasuitelogique

Send us an e-mail:
contact@contorsions-technologiques.org

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La Suite Logique invite les bidouilleurs du monde entier à participer à la
première édition des Contorsions technologiques qui se déroulera du 30 avril au
2 mai à la Suite, lieu culturel alternatif situé au coeur de Paris, France.

Les Contorsions Technologiques, c'est un mélange d'ateliers, d'expositions, de
démonstrations et de performances, dans une atmosphère propice à la découverte,
l'expérimentation et l'échange. C'est une invitation à prendre les outils et
reprendre l'initiative, à briser les normes et remodeler notre univers. C'est
la célébration de toutes les utilisations créatives, amusantes et
spectaculaires de la technologie, et du partage de la connaissance.

Aidez-nous à répandre la nouvelle en faisant tourner cet Appel à Proposition !

--[ Appel à Propositions ]----

Voici les trois axes qui gouvernent les Contorsions Technologiques :
- matérialiser la technologie pour mieux la faire ressentir ;
- guider le public dans sa rencontre avec la technologie ;
- donner au public l'envie de se lancer sur nos traces et de jouer avec la
technologie.

Nous avons volontairement décidé de ne pas faire de conférences, et d'ignorer
les sujets purement informatiques. Mais n'ayez crainte, il reste amplement de
quoi faire. Si vous en doutez, voici une liste de sujets possibles :

* Électronique basique
- arduino et compagnie
- loupiottes qui clignotent
- circuits qui couinent
- robots riquiqui
- transmissions radio

* Quotidien
- TV B gone et consors
- joaillerie RFID
- tueurs de RFID
- makerbots et ReprRp
- électroménager DIY
- biotechnologies DIY
- vêtements DIY

* Art and jeux
- brainmachine
- demomaking
- 8-bit music
- puredata et supercollider
- object tracking
- périphériques physiques
- circuit bending

* Espace urbain
- LED throwies
- laser tag
- écrans géants en facade, un pixel par fenêtre

* Science
- bobines de Tesla
- quadrocopters
- drones autonomes

et bien sûr, tout ce que nous aurions pu oublier...

Enfin, nous avons le plaisir de vous offrir un terrain d'exposition peu commun,
la facade d'un immeuble de sept étages. Voyez grand, nous en avons les moyens
(plus d'informations très prochainement).

--[ Modalités de soumission ]----

Envoyez vos soumissions à cfp@contorsions-technologiques.org avant le 3 avril,
23h59 GMT. Les notifications d'acceptation seront envoyées vers le 8 avril et
le programme final sera publié autour du 15 avril.

Vos soumissions doivent être dans un des formats Plain Text, PDF, OpenDocument
ou RTF, et doivent contenir les informations suivantes :
- type
- résumé (1000 caracteres max)
- langue (fr/en)
- besoins logistiques (tables, chaises, électricité, lumière, son)
- informations de contact (au moins e-mail)
- éventuellement, un lien vers des photos/vidéos.

Voici les types de soumission acceptés :
- ateliers : un ou deux instructeurs aident le public à réaliser un petit
montage qui prend de 30 à 90 minutes, ne demandant pas de matériel lourd (fer
à souder : OK ; perceuse a colonne : KO)
- exposition/installation : présentez vos réalisations au public et faites de
petites démonstrations interactives
- démonstration/performance : soyez le centre de l'attention pendant 10 à 30
minutes. e.g.: tesla coil, quadrocopters
- concert : entre 30mn et 3h de concert

N'oubliez pas : tout est possible, il suffit de nous laisser un e-mail pour en parler.

--[ Infos pratiques ]----

Les Contorsions Technologiques sont organisées sans budget par des bénévoles sur
leur temps libre. Par conséquent, nous ne pouvons aider à financer les déplacements
ou l'hébergement, mais nous pouvons tâcher d'organiser un hébergement de fortune
pour les exposants. Contactez-nous pour plus de détails.

Surveillez notre Site Web pour les mises à jour et autres nouveautés :

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/

Cet appel à proposition est disponible ici :

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/cfp.html

Inscrivez vous à la liste de diffusion annonces pour être averti des dernières
nouvelles :

http://www.contorsions-technologiques.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/annonces

Retrouvez nous sur IRC :
irc://chat.freenode.net/#lasuitelogique

Envoyez nous un e-mail :
contact@contorsions-technologiques.org

• 12:07 Book of choice for, hopefully, my last bus riding day for a while: Machiavelli - The Prince. Foxes, wolfs and lions oh my... #
• 21:21 I now own a blue Nissan Primera. Already driven it into a wall, but it's happy anyway. :D Also, first drive in darkness & new car was scary. #
• 21:41 twitpic.com/17f3xj - Vroomsmurf! (picture ©Former owner) #

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ChangeLog:

• New, light Ethernet MAC (Minimac). We are looking for a developer to write a Linux driver for it – mail devel AT lists.milkymist.org if you are interested.
• TFTP network boot from the BIOS. This should make Linux kernel development a lot easier, by drastically reducing the time it takes to load a new kernel! The network configuration is described in this document.
• Fixed a bug with linear interpolations in TMU2 (reported by Jacky).

• 12:56 Now left a deposit on a car. It's blue. :) #

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• 15:39 Somewhat giving up hope of finding a reasonable car today... #
• 21:53 Beer can chicken happiness. *burp* :D #

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I'm always a bit amused when someone tells me that I can have whatever I like, I've always wondered what would happen if I took the answer literally instead of asking what's availble.

Userfriendly to the rescue

But seriously, if you don't mean it, don't tell people that they can have whatever they like. I know, you're probably trying to give the impression that you have lots of different stuff, but you run the risk of having someone disappointed because they actually asked for something that you don't have (oops!).

A few days ago, as part of one of our conversations about... life, Ulrika asked me if I needed to feel needed...

My quick answer was "no", and still, the questions hung on to me, like one of those that you live for a bit.

A couple of days later, someone else sent me a hug by mail for moral support I had given... but with words that I took negatively at the time, it was about being there when needed and not taking too much space... and I felt quite small that day, so you can imagine how "not taking too much space" could reinforce the smallness.

It looks like two different stories, but they are connected...

being needed

Not my cup of tea, or at least as a basis for a relationship and for life.

I don't need to feel needed
I want to feel wanted

For who I am, for what I am, not primarly because I fill a need.

• 22:15 I have the cuddliest kitteh in the world in my lap. *prrrr* #

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Idag har jag porrsurfat på symaskiner på nätet. Drömmen är en overlockmaskin. Tyvärr finns inte ens plats för en vanlig symaskin ännu. Min maskin är som sagt på semester i Rågsved. Det kan vara trevligt att se insidan på nya skåp. Det blir inte så mycket sytt med en ettochhalvtåring som ska hjälpa till med allt när han är vaken och extemt lättväckt när han sover.

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• 21:48 Browsing around for a car. What to choose, what to choose? #

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• 13:34 New HiFi speakers are fun. Most schizophrenically produced record listened to so far: Bad Religion - Stranger than fiction. :D #

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• 15:27 Really fun night out yesterday. Waking up carefully today. *Yawn* Soon off to the butchers to get our weekly ransom of MEAT. #
• 17:53 At last, victory sashimi! I'm so worth this. :) 10 salomon sashimi, 10 squid and 5 scallop. #nomnomnom #

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Tyghobbyrummet börjar mer och mer ta form. Nyss bar vi in det som alltid hetat sybordet men mig veterligen aldrig använts som sådant. Nu efter femio eller sextio år ska det äntligen bli använt till vad det en gång var avsett för. Detta sybord har sen i december av någon underlig anledning stått i sovrummet tillsammans med en soffa som ska bo på balkongen. När dessa saker nu är på sin rätta plats kan vi kanske få in läsfåtöljen på sin rätta plats i sovrummet. Här var det femtonspel men först är det kafferast.

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• 11:29 I just passed my driving test! *WHEEE!* #

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Warm eyes that make me melt, soft hands, big heart, kisses that reach deeply. Those looks from afar, noticing, soothing, smiling, there. The occasional close embrace.

Sometimes, I feel like a teenage girl around him, not really knowing how to handle what I feel, how to go on forward. Sometimes, the questions pop up in my mind... does he know? How much longer will it take until I dare actually tell him how I feel? Or does he understand anyway? Other times, I simply rely on that look, on what is now, and that what will happen will happen.

But oh, how close I want to be.

Him.

Emotions are running amoc in me, pictures coming and going. Hopeful, hopeless, trusting, distrusting, in love, envious, happy, unhappy, focused, unfocused, images flicking through my mind, all refusing to let themselves be sorted, felt through, analysed, just remaining there on the edge of what I can reach, on the edge between what's visible and what becomes invisible in the fog that surrounds me (1).

No, I don't believe I'm seriously unstable. This will pass, things will settle down, the future will show me what's real and what's not. I trust that. In the mean time, though, being in this state of mind is quite a piece of work. And yet, I know I have it easy.

Hopefully, dancing this evening will ground me a bit.

You have until March 10th to send us a few words on the projects or the subject that you would like to present at Breizh Entropy Congress (Rennes, France, April 15-17 2010). After your submission, we will contact you before March 20th to tell you if it is going to be part of the schedule. The schedule with the timetable will be published on March 25th.

ANYONE can submit a proposal to Breizh Entropy Congress: students, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, artists… on ANY subject related to free and open technologies. This congress is about eclecticism!

To participate, send a mail to cfp@breizh-entropy.org including the following points:
- Format of the submission: lecture, workshop, installation, lightning talk, other…
- Title of the submission
- Name of speaker(s)/presenter(s)/artist(s)
- Language (if applicable): French/English
- Summary of the submission
- Short bio of the speaker
- Hardware/logistics requirements
- Contact e-mail and (if possible) mobile phone

The complete call for proposals is online.

Looking forward to your participation!
And we are grateful for any kind of distribution of this info!