Hack Freak Nerd Party II
Hack Freak Nerd Party II
Last Update: May 5, 1997 21:47
Description
The second HFNP was held on February 24, 1996 at Jan's home, on
Javastraat 47f, The Hague (Holland). It started at 12:00 and ended
somewhere around 05:00 the next morning (though opinions differ about
that last fact).
Who was there ?
The guests (nerds) at the second HFNP where in order of arrival: Jan, Elmar,
Carlo, Arjan, Vincent, Rob, Klaas, Erik, Thom, Mark, Wido-Bart and Aernoud.
In what order did they leave ?
The order of leaving was: Erik, Klaas, Rob, Aernoud, Carlo, Wido-Bart, Arjan,
Mark, Elmar, Vincent, Thom and Jan.
Who weren't there ?
We'll, ofcourse some 5 billion weren't there, but the people who were invited
and couldn't be there, or were afraid of the social environment, were: Mark
Verboom, Paul Citroen, Ard Bout, Jan Willem van Dalfsen, Arno Griffioen and
Marcel Raap.
Connectivity ?
The Internet connectivity to this HFNP (28k8 leased line) has been sponsored
by Internet Exchange Europe.
What happend ?
What interesting things happen at a HFNP ? Well, things like:
- Networking
- Elmar, Carlo and Jan are Configuring the local net.
- Jan is working on Truly Open Network Computing (TONC).
- Klaas should be testing and developing Firewall software.
- Jan is developing some network management software.
- WWW
- Carlo, Klaas and Elmar propose to build a joystick interface to Netscape.
- Carlo is providing Babbel 17.1 with WWW interface, though he is still working on it.
- Elmar is installing the newest Netscape to support Babbel.
- Virtually everybody is creating home-pages here by now.
- Elmar is working on a WWW interface to my CD player.
- NerdNet
- Erik is working on creating a server from available parts.
- Thom is working on core-war software.
- History
- Games
- Rob is playing boring Command and Concur.
- Vincent has brought his Sony Playstation, boring stuff...
- The old Lynx game box's are not forgotten !
- Social stuff
- We have been eating Lasagna, it's was very eatable.
- We ran out Grolsch beugelflesjes first, then out of Brand
beer, finally even drunk Heineken and now work on the last Bavaria
malts.
- Wido-Bart, Arjan, Mark, Vincent and Jan went to Scheveningen
between 01:00 and 04:00 to keep up there Boenkie Boenkie
(house) quota's.
What didn't happen ?
What things don't happen at a HFNP and why not ? Well, either because the are
boring or forgotten. Like:
- NerdBox
- Boring Thom could'nt live up to his promises.
- Snowboarding
- Vincent and Thom are not amused; the want back to
Vail in Colorado.
- Jan forgot to get his fotographs of Vail from his parents
in Roelofarendsveen.
- Nerd Stuff
- Erik could'nt finish his Dr. Erik part II on time.
jan@nerdnet.nl
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