After watching the Packaging with version control systems talk by Martin F. Krafft ( thanks debconf video team ). I really want to update my packaging workflow, Martin's workflow seems too complicated to me. I'd like to have a simplified version for my packages. The question is though which VCS do I choose, I have experience of bzr but have never used git or mercurial. Changing my packaging workflow is not something I want to be doing too often, so I would like to make the "right" choice from the outset.

So to that end I will be trying each major Distributed VCS, and looking at the associated packaging helpers to decide on which to use. If you have any insight or opinions on this, please leave a comment or mail me.

Just over three weeks ago I started a new job, I left my position as a Network Manager to start a job as a Linux Consultant. On my last day I was given a rather generous collection from everyone there. The purpose of this post is to show everyone that the money was well spent, the picture shows the books and DVDs that I bought.

Thanks guys.

Ah, back to Epiphany this week and I came to a realisation. All of the time that I was using Firefox I had completely stopped using bookmarks. Strange I know, but I had stopped adding or even using any of my existing bookmarks. I would instead just leave pages open and let Firefox open then again each time it started.

It was during the switch when I realised that in order to continue with the pages I had open in Firefox I would have to bookmark them before I switched. Now that I am back using Epiphany I'd like to let people know about my favourite feature, tag based bookmarks. Instead of placing each bookmark in a folder, you simply tag each one like del.icio.us and a bookmark hierarchy is built automatically.

So if you haven't tried out Epiphany recently, or at all. Please give it a try.

Now if I could just get Epilicious to sync with del.icio.us properly I'd be very happy.

Daniel, mine seem to like cheese and onion crisps. So maybe the whole batch is faulty.

There seems to have been a lot of talk recently about using Open Source software for social networking, which has been something that has been at the back of my mind for quite a while now. If you could take a web site and using the presence information and IM features from jabber, you already have the beginnings of a social networking or community site.

The main advantage I can see is that anyone could start their own social networking site, rather than joining one of the larger existing (closed source) sites or basing a community around a web forum (which I tend to avoid if at all possible).

Now if I can just properly gather my thoughts on this I would start some coding.

I decided that I really needed to start making proper backups of the data on my server this week. I did have a tape drive in the server at one point but I never remembered to change the tape, or indeed ever test the backups.

Debian turns 14 today, I have a little personal celebration lined up for tonight. I'll be raising a glass to all those involved in making Debian what it is, and all those working on making Debian even better for the future.

To celebrate the 10th birthday of the Debian Social Contract I had my share of pancakes.

Did you have your pancakes today?

I hate you all... well except for the video team, and of course the people giving talks, and the people attending the talks or the BOFs, and anyone else who makes it possible for me to see the talks without actually attending.

Ah well, hope everyone has a great time at debconf later this month in Edinburgh, and I'll maybe see you at future debconf if I can get the time off work.

Don't you just love the subject lines on spam.