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Back from the Slashdot anniversary party in Montréal. In Montréal, we have great beer and great brew pubs and when we say it's going to be a geek party, we really mean it.

I forgot everyone's name so feel free to point yourself out in the comments. If it doesn't look that wild, it's just because people were too lazy to take pictures while I was jumping on tables during my demonstration of rising on a surfboard.

We even had someone with a 2 digit Slashdot UID, that's quite something!

The other attendees have started to post their pictures on the Slashdot party page. We left with many questions unanswered. As an example, what could Stéphane's belt buckle stand for?

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There will be a Slashdot anniversary party in Montréal, probably at Ste-Elizabeth. Aside from the obvious great beer selection, there will be free t-shirts. I know many of you wasted a lot of time on Slashdot so I hope to see you there. The registration is a bit counter intuitive, you need to select "QC" on the party finder page and to register for the party you plan to attend from there.

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When I started programming in '99, Slashdot was the big thing. I would read it as soon as I had time to waste. Be it waiting for the compiler to compile, waiting for the coffee to brew, or just waiting for 17h to arrive; Slashdot could fill my day.

Then something happened. I don't know when it happened and many disagree on that anyway but over time, Slashdot was not it anymore. More politic, more speculation, more outrage about insignificant quotes from famous persons. It was not news anymore; it was something else.

I tried to read Kuro5hin but that was still not it. It took some time for other geeky news sites to arrive and I was spending more of my "waiting" time on comic strips or even, and I do admit it with some shame, on Bash.

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