Miscellany.

The Acrobat Reader 5.05 linux plugin just works with Mozilla 1.0rc3. Of course. :)

Here is an interesting article about why Eric S. Raymond likes Python. It’s an interesting read, whether you’re an esr fan or not.

My VisSym 2002 trip to Barcelona was great fun. We made good use of the time in Spain and even spend a few nights in a Parador in Cardona. This was on the pricey side, but is definitely worth it.

The Promedion 5600P notebook (15.1″ TFT 1400×1050, P4 up to 2.4GHz, 400MHz FSB, 266MHz DDR RAM, ATI Radeon 7500 with 64MB DDR, etc) is actually just a Clevo 5600P. This is also sold by Eurocom (Canada) as the Monte Carlo 5600. I haven’t been able to find reports of how Linux fares on this beast. Decisions decisions…