Alors, on était arrivée hier soir, c’est mon premier jour a Montréal aujourd’hui, et j’arrive par metro a McGill as 9:30. C’est aussi l’anniversaire de ma soeur - bonne anniversaire!
J’ai organisée l’access d’Internet pour notre chambre a la residence d’UQAM, ou on habite pour 21 jours, mais j’oublie demandez si c’est un gym pres de nous. Avec S, on a gagne chacun 4 kilo! Moi, je n’ai pas fait beaucoup d’exercice, et S a mange bien en France!
Quand je marchais les rues, j’ai écoute l’album de Moby, 18. C’est un tres bon album pour découvrir une nouvelle ville. I felt as though I was in one of his music videos.
Right now, I’m drinking a coffee and eating a yummy lemon and poppyseed muffin while I wait to meet S for lunch at half past.
My first impressions of this city? It’s not as cold as I was led to believe it might be. The wind, especially at road intersections, does make it a lot worse though. I haven’t checked out down town yet, but this area (rue Ste Catherine) - a strange, sprawling mix of universities, old buildings, low-cost high-rise residential and office apartments and shops - is a little depressing. There are lots of homeless people sleeping in doorways and it doesn’t look overly attractive. I’ll let you know what I think of down town when I’ve been there. I’ll also post some photos of both soon.
Oh - and apologies for my passable French, I’m making very little use of Firefox’s built-in spell checker and no grammar checker at all. Feel free to correct and educate me.
A la prochaine.
I don’t think Microsoft have a mascot, do they? Maybe Ballmer (or a chair).
Anyway, I almost fainted. Well, not really, but I did check to see if it’s April 1.
Microsoft will offer sales support for Suse Linux and also co-develop technologies with Novell to make it easier for users to run both Suse Linux and Microsoft Windows on their computers.
Microsoft also will agree not to assert rights over patents to any software technology that might be incorporated into Suse Linux.
Linux Picks Up Big Partner: Microsoft
So, if SUSE uses a technology that Microsoft has a patent for, and this “thing” is released open source, does that mean Microsoft can’t assert their rights when it’s used in another Linux distribution?
And does this mean Microsoft are scared or clever?
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mohandas Gandhi
Looks like Microsoft might be trying to change that last one to “then they join you”
So, I’m going to be in Montréal, and I’m looking for tips. What should I do there? Where should I eat? Who should I meet?
A little birdy gave me a few eating tips: Schwartz’s, Beauty’s, and some others I can’t remember. Found another site that has links to other eateries in Montréal.
I’m also interested in meeting up with people from open source/PHP/developer types to those that just want to meet up for a coffee/beer. I’m hoping BarCampMoncton will be held while I’m there. I’d like to go to some user groups while I’m there. Do you live in Montréal, or know someone who does?
So, any ideas or suggestions?