[BALUG-Talk] LUGRadio- Free O'Reilly book?- Register Now- This Weekend April 12-13

[William Heath]

How much does it cost to go?

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:32 AM, john_re <john_re at fastmail.us> wrote:

> If I was in a position to give you a _FREE_ O'Reilly book, I surely
> would. I'd give a book to you by carbon sequestering tree material.  I'd
> give a book to you by online access.
> http://safari.oreilly.com
> I'd give a book to you by telepathic nanobot mind implants.
> http://io9.com        [ Hi Annalee ]
>
> While back I sent out a fun/humorous announcement about the great UK
> LUGRadio Live event in SanFran this weekend April 12-13.
> svlug] Event- 080412-13 Sat-Sun LugRadio Live USA ((SFO))   john_re
> http://lists.svlug.org/archives/svlug/2008-March/030758.html
>
> Didn't care about winning any prizes, just wanted to spread the word for
> what looks like a great event, didn't suggest anyone list me as a
> referrer.
>
> Now it turns out I'm interested in getting this eeepc they're giving
> away, & Stuart Langridge encourages me:
> > you have two days
> > yet -- get out there and evangelise and you're in with a chance :-)
>
> What more could I hope for? :)  Also know I've got at least 1 referral
> in already.
>
> This means there's still time for YOU to possibly get a FREE O'Reilly
> BOOK & a Free T-shirt by registering online if you haven't yet.
> Register online for the event (only $10, credit card needed), put in
> referrer "john_re", & _you_ could get an O'Reilly book. (if I'm the top
> "referrer" - could be a likely possibility, see below.)
>
> No credit card?  You're still OK, ask one of your friends: "I say, fine
> lady, I'll gladly bring you a free wardrobe item (t-shirt), & pay you
> $10- cash right now, if you'd please register me online for this chipper
> LUGRadio event!  Might even come back with a job offer or two."
>
> Fun, 35 speakers, 40 exhibitors, hang out with the .orgs, hiring
> companies, two days, free party at Gillians, schwag, chance to learn
> useful skills/tips from top people, be on live global internet Linux
> radio, camaraderie, personal networking, BOFs, hack on software, hack on
> hardware, chance to help progress GLFOSS, etc.
>
> Get your friends to register also & make it a party. :)
>
> Thank you for your consideration. :)
>
> Use this link to register now:
> http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register
>  - [Please enter referrer "john_re"]
>
> PS: Please email me if you use this referral. john_re at fastmail dot us
>  That way I can keep you updated if you care to know how the referrals
> are progressing. Thank you. :)
>
> =====
> Also, why no Google Summer of Code speakers?
>
> =====
> Registration for LugRadio Live USA 2008 is now open!! Pre-registering
> guarantees you a place at the show, and also includes some additional
> perks:
>
> Pre-Registered guests are guaranteed entry - we expect a high number of
> guests at the show.
> First 50 registrations get a free copy of Postal 2 (subject to age
> verification)
> Entry into a raffle to win a number of prizes.
> Special additional freebies.
> Special entry into additional competitions
>
> ==========
> 12th and 13th April 2008 Sat Sun - The Metreon Theater, San Francisco
>
> EXHIBITORS, .ORGs:  Google, Dice, GNOME, PostgreSQL, O'Reilly, OpenSuSE,
> Magnatune, Neuros, Sun, Texas Instruments,  South California Linux Expo,
> Komputers 4 R Kids, San Francisco LUG, BytesFree.org, Ontario Linux
> Fest, Frets on Fire, OpenNMS, One Course Source, Haiku, Hyperic,
> BitNami, OpenStreetMap, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Inkscape, Mandriva, One Laptop
> Per Child San Francisco, KDE, Linux Pro Magazine, San Francisco
> Community Colocation Project, Indamixx, Untangle, SF Hardware Hacking
> Community, The Digital Tipping Point, San Francisco Perl Mongers,
> ZaReason, EFF, Usenix, LAMPSIG, mediaarchives.com, Xiph, Joomla, Drupal
>
> SPEAKERS:  Miguel de Icaza (Mono / Novell / Co-Founder Of GNOME), Ian
> Murdoch (OpenSolaris / Founder Of Debian), Robert Love (GNOME / Google),
> Aza Raskin (Mozilla / Humanized), Benjamin Mako Hill (Ubuntu / Debian /
> FSF), John Buckman (Magnatune), Val Henson (Kernel / VAH consulting),
> Christopher Blizzard (Mozilla / GNOME), Mike Linksvayer (Creative
> Commons), David Schleef (GStreamer), Matthew Garrett (Power Management /
> Kernel), Danese Cooper (Intel / OSI), Aaron Bockover (Banshee / Novell),
> Liana Holmberg (Second Life / Linden Lab), Emma Jane Hogbin (Hick Tech),
> Joe Zonker Brockmeier (OpenSuSE / Novell), Kristen Accardi (Kernel), Joe
> Born (Neuros), Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL), Stewart Smith (MySQL),
> Dan Kegel (Wine), Ben Collins (Ubuntu / Kernel), Jason Kridner (Texas
> Instruments), Jeremy Allison (Samba / Google), Christian Hammond
> (VMWare), Ian McKeller (Songbird), Alison Randall (Parrot / Perl /
> OSCON), David Huffman (LVM), Brian Will (Pigeon), Belinda Lopez
> (Ubuntu), Ilan Rabinovitch (SoCal Linux Expo), Eddy Mulyono (Packaging),
> Matthew Walster (Demo Scene)
>
> SPONSORS:  Google, DICE, LinuxQuestions
>
> =====
> Awesome eeepc hack:
> # Massive internal modification to my Eee 4G
> # Hacks and Modifications
> #  » USB Hub + Bluetooth + GPS + Flashdrive + Card reader + FM
> transmitter
> http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=6380
>
> **!!**!!  WARNING - WARNING - GEEK pr0n  **!!**!!     NNSFW !!!!!@!
> http://imgboot.com/images/ivc/eeeoverviewmotherboardbottom.jpg
>
> =====
> Full disclosure:
> I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
>
> 1) Michael Paoli made a brief mention of LugRadio on balug-announce a
> while back, not this balug list, didn't mention the free book, didn't
> request referral.
>
> Also, I've reviewed about 8 bay area mailing GLFOSS lists. None have
> postings from anyone mentioning the free book, nor requesting people use
> their names as referrer.
>
> I will get this announcement out to about 12 local groups and some
> schools & companies.
>
> Thus, looks clear to use "john_re" for referral as most likely to be
> successful for getting free book, shirt & other pre-reg raffle prizes &
> freebies, etc.
>
> Use this link to register now:
> http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register
>  - [Please enter referrer "john_re"]
>
> Thanks. Cheers :)
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>
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