Hackfest 1101111
Hackfest 1101111
Erik:
- working on stellar
- irked by the way ruby's "require" is relative to the root/parent script,
- thinks it should be relative to the current script (like python, says mark)
- first stellar app running!
- using HAML
Martin:
- embedding python into D
- generating D bindings
- will make a text-editor using a combination of D and python
- started at Appcelerator
- hacked on the perl servicebroker
Alex:
- learned about Google Gears
- wrote some python to produce data for gears
- worked on SICP problems
- writing some media-computation python (smearing tacocat)
Lindsey:
- wrote a birthday present for her friend
- - it takes his username and computes his age (in a Scheme-y sort of way)
- coordinated trips
- stuck in meetings at work
- met a brilliant mathematician/computer-scientist and stay-at-home mom
- - thus believes there are more elite women in the world than people realize (anna marie says: amen!)
- - especially in places where women are encouraged to be humble,etc
- - who don't give talks at cons because they don't realize how brilliant they are
Mark:
- sped up Prototype's "String.prototype.gsub" (in everything except Safari)
- started a blog ( shiftpop )
Anna Marie:
- finals week, stressed
- can't put alt-text on background-images
- completed site-map for portfolio site
- working on design for an athletic-wear company: "helios"
Rob:
- installed OS X on his windows computer
- playing with MAX/MSP
- learning python
- gaining experience points, trolls, firespells
- "not a metaphor"