This evening I had the privilege of meeting a true Kiwi Golden Girl. When our landlord originally suggested that we pop in to see our neighbor, an elderly widow, because it would be the “proper” thing to do, I have to admit to resenting it a bit.. I thought, “Gosh. We’ve got so much going on right now, I don’t feel like weighing down my schedule with the whims of an old lady..”
Well, after 2 glasses of very palatable wine, and about 7 tasty little chocolate balls, we’ve just returned from a wonderful hour at this sweet old lady’s house. Far from being an old bat, she’s an ex-broadcaster (which you’d easily pick up after a few minutes’ conversation with her), with a more than a lifetime of memories and experiences to share.
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Thanks to all the folks I met at the DunLUG meeting last night.. especially to Jack for the pizzas, Stewart for the beer, and Katinka for the fresh eggs for breakfast this morning ! You’re a sociable, rowdy, fun bunch, and it was a very enjoyable, geeky evening.
We did some wireless hacking, cracking a WEP key in 2 minutes and 11 seconds, as well as exploring how to annoy your colleagues with multiple deauthentication attacks, and why not to upgrade your router via wireless. I’ve put the presentation slides online here.
I also showed off twitter and twittervision, since twitterific kept popping up in the middle of my presentation 
Jack and Tim, here’s the post we discussed about Dune2 for Linux. The original Dune2 is also available for free now.
As I mentioned, we’re planning to immigrate to New Zealand to start a family, and I’m exploring employment options in the Linux / Open Source IT sector.. if you’re aware of any opportunities, I’d appreciate you assisting in my “kiwification”, by distributing my CV far and wide
Finally, thanks most of all to Bob Brown, his wife Linda, and their adorable 18-month old guru Linus, for hosting us overnight. It was a treat!
