Josh Deprez

So I have mehfforted on the blogging for the past couple of days; it started on Wednesday when I decided that I really didn’t have much to talk about (WWDC content being under a certain agreement whereby I can’t tell you the content) so since that took up most of each day, it seemed worthless to post about it.

Now it is Sunday night, so I have plenty of content I can tell you about. (This is also the post I am “treating myself to” for successfully upgrading WordPress manually.)

Wednesday night was party night 2: Andrew broke his arm (but he’s all better now!) and we had lots of fun with internet celebrities, developers, free food, the Apple Store, and the homeless. After hours of amazing sessions at WWDC, we headed to the San Francisco Apple Store for CocoaHeads; between arriving and the event, however, we spent the time vacillating over whether to purchase new computers, and messing with the MacBooks on display.

Things I learned today: Applied Queuing Theory. Queues in Practice and Principle. Queues and You: A lesson in hidden opportunities. Queue Participation for Fun and Profit Time and Distance: A queue-theoretic case study Escalating Queues to the Next Level Go go go! Between arriving a little early and careful migration during relaxed waiting periods, we [...]

It’s a wonderful thing. We rendezvous-ed in the lobby as planned, and commenced a thrusting Starbucksery session. Today was different, though. This time we were gradually joined by the the rest of the Aussie delegation. Bus tour of Silicon Valley! Andrew Jeffery’s dulcet tones riveted us to the seats as he gave his tour-guide description [...]