ahoy hoy
Interesting post from Jay about Asterisk/Adhearsion development. I encountered pretty much all the issues listed here and went through many of the arguments.
In a slightly related note, Paul passed on this link on Monday. I thought the story was a little out of the blue as version 0.8 was due at the end of last year but I’m guessing since Jay moved things over to GitHub, that he’s back to the business of developing nice software. 
Interesting Thoughts
Miguel has nicely summarised IETF72 which I attended for an introductory session last week. A lot of people with some good ideas for the(more immediate) future of the net.
These guys also have some interesting thoughts on what the future might hold and how to get there. But at parts, it sounds more like a conspiracy theory. I don’t think I’d agree with Laurence Lessig all the time, but some of his work is relevant and worthy (i.e. Creative Commons isn’t all bad 
).
Wrong Way!!
I remember my dad telling me this story when I was very young.
Interesting TV
Given that there’s continued interest in solving the “what next” issue around television, this presentation seems like an interesting idea.
Letters from Rio
So - after the first couple of days on my holidays, here are my initial impressions of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.
Once I got over the initial fear of everything (I live a sheltered life in Ireland), the place is really nice.
The accommodation is nice and very hospitable. The staff and guests are social and the bar downstairs is a good place to return to and recount the day’s experiences.
On Monday we visited an old part of Rio called St. Teresa. I was a good bit more relaxed than the busy Copacabana in which we are based. The guide on the tour was from ther area so he spoke with great enthusiasm about the district and the changes that have gone on in it.
On Tuesday, we took a Favela Tour with Be A Local. It was an interesting way to see a different side to Rio that is not talked about that much in such a positive context. Also the motorbike ride to the top was an experience and a half.
Wednesday, the weather was a bit dodgey and so the hang gliding was cancelled for the afternoon. I rescheduled for today and we went to a local football game instead.The poor Boca fans got a hiding both on and off the pitch.
And then hang gliding today. It was really good fun.
Youngme NowMe
While Paul and Dave talk and post about photography quite a bit, I rarely have anything relevant to add to the conversation. So now I do.
This is an interesting project. To paraphrase, “its like a small story told in 2 pictures”.
Patio Updated
I was going to wait until I’d planted the grass, here’s the latest from the garden.
We added a gravel area for the furniture.
Thanks again to Dave for helping with the levelling out of the rest of the lawn.
Carbon Updated!
Following on from talking about the upcoming Dopplr addition of a carbon footprint meter using AMEE was release today. So I had a look. Easy to add and private by default. Easy! If you travel a bit and don’t have an account yet, Dopplr seems to be one of the lesser evil social network type sites.
Passenger
Finally, Ruby gets the Apache mod it needs. Great news.