Busy

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:08:22 +0100

I'm fairly busy at the moment, so I don't really have time to work on free software, and when I do I really want to do something else than sit in front of a computer.

I have declared email bankruptcy at 45,000 unread mails. I still have them, and plan to deal with them in small batches of a few hundred at a time, but in case you sent me something important, it is probably stuck in there. I now practice Inbox Zero, so resending it is a good way to reach me.

For my Debian packages, not much changes. Any package with more than ten users is team maintained anyway. Sponsoring for the packages where I agreed to do so goes on.

For KiCad, I won't get around to much of what I'd planned this year. Fortunately, at this point no one expects me to do anything soon. I still look into the CI system and unclog anything that doesn't clear on its own within a week.

Plans for December:

actually having my own place. While I like the room I'm staying at, it is still fairly expensive because it's paid by the day, and living out of a suitcase without access to my library is kind of annoying after some time.

finishing the paperwork for 2016. Except for some small bits, most of it is in place.

33C3. This time, instead of the "two monitors, three computers" setup, my plan is to have a single laptop only, and have it closed most of the time so the battery lasts the whole day.

See how far I'll get with the controller board for the CNC mill in the Munich Maker Lab. Absolutely no pressure there, it's only the most complex and expensive PCB I ever made.

Plans for January:

Getting settled in.

Back to the Carbon Monoxide detector board that we started in early November. The board is simple enough.

Visiting a demoparty in Finland

Plans for February:

FOSDEM. I plan to hang out in the EDA devroom most of the time, and go to dinner with friends.

Party. Specifically, a housewarming party for whatever flat I'll have then.

Other than that, reading lots of books and meeting other people.