Archive for June, 2008

27 Jun

Student sponsorship for the SciPy08 conference

I am delighted to announce that the Python Software Foundation has answered our call and is providing sponsoring to the SciPy08 conference.
We will use this money to sponsor the registration fees and travel for up to 10 college or graduate students to attend the conference. The PSF did not provide all the founds required for [...]

15 Jun

Austin is different (weird ?)

Yes it is, the lizards are more green than back home:

This is what is running on the balcony, as I check my email.
I am slowly discovering the different world. Yesterday I settled down in my office. As you might know, Enthought’s offices are located in the center of Austin. They are absolutely superb, with large [...]

14 Jun

Alex Martelli giving the SciPy2008 Keynote

On behalf of the SciPy2008 conference organizing committee, I am happy to announce that the Keynote at the conference will be given by Alex Martelli.
It is a pleasure for us to receive Alex. He currently works as “Uber Tech Leader” at Google and is the author of two of the Python classics: “Python in a [...]

13 Jun

Arrived in Texas

I just arrived in Austin, Texas. I need to settle down a bit more, blog about my fantastic holidays, but I wanted to give an update of where I was.
The hospitality here has been fantastic so far. I am sitting in a confy chair, sipping a fresh orange juice, after having spend a night in [...]

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