I spent the weekend in Birmingham at the very first ever PyCon UK 2007 conference. Everyone agreed it was an outstanding success - I went to EuroPython a few months ago and I must admit that PyCon UK had the edge on it for fun and value.

Like I did at EuroPython, I gave a lightning talk on PSI, although this time I was better prepared with real slides, instead of using vim as a presentation tool and attempting to give a real-time demo (which ran me out of time too quickly).

I have even made the slides available, for anyone who may be curious.

Here I am in Vilnius, Lithuania, for another EuroPython conference. The city is very nice, from the small amount I've seen so far, although it hasn't stopped raining, so sightseeing isn't easy.

I am impressed by their offering of free wifi. The hotel (where the conference is also located) offers free wifi throughout, and I've just sat down at a coffee shop in a big shopping centre and was surprised to find another free wifi signal. Given the low costs of wifi infrastructure and broadband, more cities should encourage free wifi. I can't really see London doing it though... (nothing is free, or even cheap, in London).

Anyway, with any luck I'll walk around the "old town" today, which dates back to the 13th century and try and see more of the culture than shopping centres and wifi hotspots.

The conference starts tomorrow, so not much time for seeing sights after that. No doubt that will be when the rain stops and the sun comes out.

I'm all booked in for EuroPython 2007 now. If you're going to be there, drop me a comment so I know to look out for you. Perhaps we can meetup and try out some of the Lithuanian beers.

Arrived home from 3 days at EuroPython last night. It was a good conference, but possibly not as good as last year's. The location was pretty cool though, it was held at CERN which sprawls the border between Switzerland and France. Most nights were spent in Geneva, exploring the pubs. I could do with some sleep...

I have just registered for EuroPython 2006 which will be held in CERN, Switzerland, over July 3-5. If you are going, let me know so we can catch up for some Python chit-chat (aka beer). If you're not going, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM???