I think I’ll crash (no, really, register) some sessions & BOFs.
Any suggestions?
Some of the words that stood out so far: vCardDAV, Sieve, Calsify, S/MIME, SASL.

I was quite interested in seeing what the Fotango team was working on with their Zimki server-side JavaScript system. Unfortunately, from what the grapevine says, their parent company wasn’t so interested. In the mail today:

We regret to inform you that the Zimki service is to be withdrawn and therefore will no longer be [...]

For the first time my schedule is compatible with attending tim o’reilly’s foocamp, and I got one of the precious but hopefully less controversial invitations. It should be a great weekend (assuming I can work around my missing us passport..)

Bought a Dell laptop a year or so ago. Got the fancy warranty to deal with the inevitable juice spills. Juice spill happens. Tried to get a replacement keyboard. It is stunningly hard to get to the right part of the website (being in Canada doesn’t help). Tried calling. [...]