Hippie-Deluxe BarCamp Vancouver Food

After a night that was way too long (and with a good chunk of help from Dan, Elizabeth and Mandy - thanks folks!), we now have hippie-deluxe (and I don't mean that in a pejorative way) vegan allergy-sensitive food for BarCamp Vancouver.
Hippie-deluxe, in this case, means organic ingredients from local farmers (within a day's drive).
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VASHIKOL: A Bad Acronym for (Hopefully) Good Food

At last years BarCamp Vancouver I prepared food inspired by the Sikh practice of Langar. You can read more about it in post Borrowing Great Idea from the Sikhs.
This year, I'll do the same, but I'm going to use local food that is organic. This might be a bit tougher - especially as I am [...]

Borrowing Great Ideas from the Sikhs: Food for BarCamp Vancouver

My contribution for the first BarCamp Vancouver was a selection of foodstuffs chosen and prepared so as to be friendly for vegans, Muslims eating Halal, Jews following Kashrut, Rastafarians eating Ital, people with food allergies and others with similar constraints.
I was tickled at how positive the reactions were at BarCamp - in particular, Aaron Pettigrew's [...]

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OSCON Highlight: r0ml's Keynote

r0ml's keynote is thoroughly awesome.
Some great quotes, include:

"… the Apache web server is the tomato of Open Source …"
"Approximately 87% of all American organization use Open Source … that's _terrible_." (This comes after discussing how Americans don't eat enough fruits and vegetables.)
"Windows XP is Open Source … we have won."
(Roughly phrased on my part) "Free [...]

PHP Vikinger Invitations Emailed

I just sent out the invitations for the PHP Vikinger event. My method for choosing who to invite was pretty simple - I chose people listed in the the PHP and PEAR credits who I had written personal email to in the last few years.
Nepotistic? "Nay", say I, "Nepotastic!" I know that the people I [...]

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