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FOSDEM 2026

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If you weren't at , or in the music production devroom, you definitely missed out. (Just read Lorenzo's report to find out just how much you missed!)

Luckily there are videos online, but they don't quite capture the magic of being there.

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My talk on , entitled "Eliza: Rewriting the original AI chatbot from 60 years BC (Before ChatGPT)", is now available online:

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event

With feedback ranging from "Amazing" to "Excellent" and "one of the great talks", if you're only going to watch one of my presentations it's probably wise to choose this one!

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Chilling with beer and jazz.

geeks know where!

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After the flurry of messages around , I can now slow down.

Not least because my phone charger cable broke yesterday afternoon, and had to wait until the shops opened today to buy a new one :(

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The music production devroom has the prettiest crowd :)

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BTW, if you're at , and missing an elastic-branded notepad, it's in the brightly-coloured cafe!

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My laptop hasn't realised that I'm in Belgium, so the clock is wrong by one hour.

Luckily my schedule hasn't been affected.

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Does anyone have an inkling of the attendance at this year?

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Having a quiet sit down to plan my ad libs for tonight's quiz!

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