In my haste to put up the video and run to present my session, I apparently placed the wrong video up. Oops! Sorry. Here's the right one.

(I live-blogged this during the keynote; there may be typos, inaccuracies, etc. It has not been proof-read.)

Mike Downey takes the stage.

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Linux is an operating system that's used mainly by hardcore geeks who think in binary and don't mind spending hours compiling their own device drivers. Oh wait, sorry, the year is 2008, not 1998. Scratch that, today, Linux is the operating system that came pre-installed on my easy-to-use Asus Eee PC and my flashy little Nokia N800 Internet tablet.

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photo credit: sharedferret

It's almost midnight, I haven't yet packed for Amsterdam, and the taxi's booked for 6am tomorrow to take Stephanie and me to the airport. So why the heck am I blogging?

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photo credit: Guylaine2007

This sounds awesome: Photo Dropper is a Wordpress plugin to find and add Creative Commons licensed photos to your blog from Flickr.

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