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tcpipSpent two days in Wellington as the MC for Multicore World, as caseopaya worked on registration. It was a great conference built around the recognition that hardware limits have led us to a multicore environment, programming has a long way to catch up, and - apparently - New Zealand can lead the way. It was a good combination of business and technical talks, although the latter seemed better. Was particularly impressed by Dr. Tim Mattson of Khronos OpenCL Group and had the opportunity to have lunch with Clare Curran, the member for Dunedin South. The day after spent some time with the Wellington Unitarian fellowship who include some quite talented individuals (and the very talented ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Into The South Island (definite article required), we spent an evening at Kaikouri (famous, as the name indicates, for its crayfish), then Methven (a service town for the Mt Hutt skifields), then Oamaru (stunning Victorian era limestome architecture and penguins) before reaching Dunedin, where we've spent an evening with members of the Dunedin Linux User's Group. The time spent at Oamaru included a visit to the Blue Pengiuin colony, close encounters with fur seals, and the Steampunk HQ, which was neither steam nor punk, and reminded me that artists need to talk to engineers if they're going to more than banging out interesting shapes from scrap metal. Amazingly, the weather has been blue skies and sunshine every day.
The next few days involves some work on the management on our Ravensbourne property, completing two major assignments for Project Management and Advanced Project Management, writing an address on Unitarian Political Leaders of Australia and New Zealand, writing a scenario for our annual Easter Bunnies & Burrows game (this time Bunnies & William S. Burroughs). During this time we're hoping to visit Wanaka, Hokkitika and Farewell Spit.
caseopaya worked on registration. It was a great conference built around the recognition that hardware limits have led us to a multicore environment, programming has a long way to catch up, and - apparently - New Zealand can lead the way. It was a good combination of business and technical talks, although the latter seemed better. Was particularly impressed by Dr. Tim Mattson of Khronos OpenCL Group and had the opportunity to have lunch with Clare Curran, the member for Dunedin South. The day after spent some time with the Wellington Unitarian fellowship who include some quite talented individuals (and the very talented beagl).Into The South Island (definite article required), we spent an evening at Kaikouri (famous, as the name indicates, for its crayfish), then Methven (a service town for the Mt Hutt skifields), then Oamaru (stunning Victorian era limestome architecture and penguins) before reaching Dunedin, where we've spent an evening with members of the Dunedin Linux User's Group. The time spent at Oamaru included a visit to the Blue Pengiuin colony, close encounters with fur seals, and the Steampunk HQ, which was neither steam nor punk, and reminded me that artists need to talk to engineers if they're going to more than banging out interesting shapes from scrap metal. Amazingly, the weather has been blue skies and sunshine every day.
The next few days involves some work on the management on our Ravensbourne property, completing two major assignments for Project Management and Advanced Project Management, writing an address on Unitarian Political Leaders of Australia and New Zealand, writing a scenario for our annual Easter Bunnies & Burrows game (this time Bunnies & William S. Burroughs). During this time we're hoping to visit Wanaka, Hokkitika and Farewell Spit.
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Date: 2012-04-01 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-02 08:11 am (UTC)Nevertheless, the close encounter with the fur seal on the breakwater really made up for it!
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Date: 2012-04-02 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-03 09:13 am (UTC)