Belgium, Javapolis and the Poms lost - history repeats itself…
For those 1000+ developers coming to Javapolis next week, please do drop by the Atlassian booth and say G’day. Scott and I will both be there giving JIRA and Confluence demo’s (mention this shameless plug and we might even buy you a beer ;))
I’m a bad boy, I still haven’t finished my presentation - I’m not even really sure what it’s supposed to be on. The topic is so broad (“Open Source Java”). I suppose I did write a book called “Open Source Java Programming”, so I’ll start from that!
On the topic of history repeating itself, I’d like to draw every Englishman’s attention to my favourite quote of the week (from the Fitz Files in today’s SMH) - Derek “Robbo” Robson from the BBC Sports website:
Nowadays we [English] fools are forced to sit through humiliation after humiliation as a bunch of superfit, sunscreened larrikins make our boys look like ninnies. Jonny’s drop goal was just a blip. We can counter that there’s more culture between the average working man’s toes than there is in Australia, but who wouldn’t swap William bleeding Shakespeare for a Darren Lockyer? Or a nice looking church like St Paul’s for a Glenn McGrath? I bloody would. So what’s the answer? Present the current British prison population with as much sporting equipment as jumanly possible, in the hope that history repeats itself…”
Absolutely hilarious. Amazing how riled up those Pom’s get when they lose at sport isn’t it?
(BTW I’m in London next week - if anyone wants a JIRA or Confluence demo, or a beer, or to talk about classic Australian sporting victories, please do let me know ;))
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