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This is my first post that will be shown on the planet I believe. So to introduce myself, I'm Ian Monroe, a relatively new developer on amaroK.

Slashdot picked up the story I submitted about KDE, amaroK and Wikimedia. All credit really goes to Sven Krohlas for writing the original dot story. Anyways, this will give me some additional geek cred when I return to school this fall, as if I needed it. Amarok.kde.org seems to be holding up fine. (The Wikipedia people always joke about wikipediaing Slashdot since Wikipedia is now a more popular site.)

A couple of days ago I had to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement for my company. I guess it just shows how out-of-hand NDAs are getting. I'm a laborer at a textbook warehouse. Exactly what would I be disclosing. Book sorting techniques? The secret methods of stacking books? Anyways, it also means I'm not allowed to work on any book-related software projects for the rest of the summer. Not an issue. It does show what a foe NDAs can be to open source development that they at least claim to restrict what you develop even on your free time. I understand other states have different laws about this, but generally speaking Missouri doesn't offer much protection for employees.

Later today we get the results for the Google Summer of Code competition. My numerical chances are not very good, but I try to be optimistic anyways. I just hope Google realizes that KDE has the largest public revision control system in the world and allocates openings accordingly.

Wow, this year's Indy GrandPrix is even more thrilling than all the other races before it even started. Exploding tires ain't funny, but building a chicanery to slow down those, who could go faster, would be unfair, too. If you feel unsafe, then just advise your drivers to drive slower.



Anyways, here's my TV setup for this evening: