August 13, 2010
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Podcast 0: Leaving Exeter

When we were about to move to UK, about one year ago, we though about recording a podcast. You know, it’s that kind of thing you think it’d be cool but at the end you realize you can’t do.

You know we’re leaving Exeter, and I had the bright idea to record something just to say goodbye to that beautiful city.

Don’t expect anything great, and the podcast it’s in Spanish (may be next time we’ll try English, if there’s a next time -I don’t know-).

Recorded with aplay, edited fast and dirty with Audacity, and the sound track it’s the public domain Big Stuff by Billy Holiday.

See you in Reading!

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August 7, 2010
One Week Left

Six months ago we were unpacking in Exeter, and in less than seven days, we’ll be packing again. We’re leaving Exeter and Devon, and after the 15th of August we’ll be settled in Reading (Berkshire).

Our reasons to move are professional, because I have a deal with my current company to start doing business stuff in UK, and that means being near of London.

Moreover Alex is looking for a school for the next course, and for some reason, Exeter isn’t the best place to find a job. May be it’s the good weather or the high quality of life, I really don’t know.

In those six months I’ve tried to get involved with the Linux local communities in the area, going to D&C GNU/Linux User Group meetings (although we just went once, because one hour train isn’t what I call local) and E-Space meetings (in Exeter, but unfortunately not really Linux/OSS related); but I somewhat failed.

Moreover I’ve lost track with the Fedora ambassadors list, mainly because it isn’t that easy to start in a new country, and when things started to stabilize, the ambassador list got lost in my TODO list. Shame on me.

Anyway, not everything’s lost. I’ve been planing different initiatives that, because I ran out of time, I won’t start in Exeter, but hopefully I’ll manage to run in Reading.

One of them will be based in the public library. From my experience in Exeter (and I believe this applies to all public libraries in Devon), they have some spaces where you can put non-profit advertisements, and it can be a good start for a Fedora/OSS information point.

I can be in the library for one hour every week (Saturday morning, for example), and give lightning talks about Fedora and OSS to anyone interested, and it could even be a good start point for a release party for the upcoming Fedora 14.

So, I want to catch up with the list and my local ambassador activities, and get in touch with the local users group in Reading (SCLUG). I really want it to work this time, because I’m going to stay in Reading for a long while.

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May 18, 2010
I’ve Been Busy Lately

De visita

And it’s because my parents were visiting us in Exeter. I expect to return the normal life by tomorrow.

It’s been a good time, but very tired!

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March 27, 2010
CC by-sa by myself, taken on High Street, Exeter (UK) Tweet Yourself And you can check it, kinda real time.

CC by-sa by myself, taken on High Street, Exeter (UK)

Tweet Yourself

And you can check it, kinda real time.

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February 18, 2010
Unpacked

Catedral de Exeter

Things are going more and more stable each day, and one of them arrived today: the Internet connection.

We have chosen Virgin broadband, and we have suffered the self-install kit that needs IE or Safari in order to activate the connection. Shame on you Virgin.

After some WTFs we got to activate the connection and everything seems OK, I’m pretty satisfied with the service (if you don’t take into account the non-sense of the activation process).

Tomorrow I’ll be back at work (remotely), and I hope I can resume all the halted stuff since I started moving to Exeter.

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February 6, 2010
"Start spreading the news, I am leaving today."

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Not really, I’m leaving tomorrow, but officially today’s gonna be my last day on the Earth^W city of Valencia (and surroundings).

It’s been a good season. Valencia it’s not the best place I’ve lived ever, but it’s OK. I’m leaving a lot of friends here, what it’s sad… but awesome at the same time.

You may know I’m moving to Exeter, and I’m planning to retake my Fedora ambassador activities there.

The first step will be checking the usual suspects: Fedora UK and the UK Fedora ambassadors. It’s gonna be fun :)

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January 12, 2010
Moving to Exeter, Devon (UK)

It’s been two years since I moved to Valencia from Bilbao. That was a very important change for me, not only because Valencia is geographically closer to my hometown but because I was heading a new and challenging project.

Now it’s time to change again, because the join of two different factors:

  • Alex is going to stay in UK until the end of 2011, and his next destination in the midst of Februrary will be Exeter.
  • I’m getting old, really :), and I feel that this is the moment to go abroad for a season, or never.

So I’m moving. I’ll end my work here in January, and I’ll start telecommuting from Exeter for my actual company ASAP.

Overall I think this 2 years story in Valencia has been a very enriching experience profesionally, I’ve made friends, and I’ve met Alex (important!).

It would be impossible to summarize here 2 years, so let’s focus in the immediate problems: we’re looking for a house to live in Exeter!

I’m looking also for any kind of FOSS activity in the area (btw, I won’t be Fedora Ambassador in Spain for a long while), so dear lazy web, feel free to post any comment about it. Thank you!

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