August 2006 - BALUG-Admin - lists.balug.org

Friendster offers Sept. 19 talk. Someone follow up, please?
by Rick Moen 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Passing this along because of the offer to speak at the Sept. 19 meeting. I'm guessing that is a new offer, as I see nothing about this on the Web site or recent mailing list archive entries. I'm assuming the answer is "yes" but that somebody _ELSE_ is going to nail down details with her, I hope. ;-> I'm just back from a week out of town, and digging out from a pile of e-mails and other things. (Also, I've never handled speaker arrangements, and am about 60km out of town.) I'll straighten out her confusion about the e-mail addresses. ----- Forwarded message from balug-admin-owner(a)lists.balug.org ----- From: balug-admin-owner(a)lists.balug.org To: balug-admin-owner(a)lists.balug.org Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:24:00 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=3.1.1 Subject: balug-admin post from rwitt(a)friendster.com requires approval As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org From: rwitt(a)friendster.com Subject: RE: Job Posting Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list At your convenience, visit: http://lists.balug.org/admindb.cgi/balug-admin-balug.org to approve or deny the request. Subject: RE: Job Posting Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:23:56 -0700 From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com> To: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org Hi Rick, I just send a message to: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org and it bounced. I've attached the message for your reference. Thanks, Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:41 PM To: Rebecca Witt Cc: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org Subject: Re: Job Posting Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com) > I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members? BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do that, we'd love it! Full details are at http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the "listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to. (We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post it directly.) Subject: Proposed talk at BALUG Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:21:33 -0700 From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com> To: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org While I don't have a confirmed speaker yet, it's going to be someone from our Ops team or the VP of Eng himself! The talk will have something to do with Friendster's use of open-source technology in large-scale production. Any requests!?! This would be for the 9/19 meeting at Four Seas correct? Subject: confirm c6b3b89f577876a8a71fa6672c47cba61927277e From: balug-admin-request(a)lists.balug.org If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact, Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line of the body of the reply. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [balug-admin] Job Posting
by Rebecca Witt 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi Rick, I just send a message to: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org and it bounced. I've attached the message for your reference. Thanks, Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:41 PM To: Rebecca Witt Cc: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org Subject: Re: Job Posting Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com) > I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members? BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do that, we'd love it! Full details are at http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the "listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to. (We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post it directly.)

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(forw) Job Posting
by Rick Moen 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Job description was in MS-Word "doc" format. wvWare conversion is included at the bottom. ----- Forwarded message from Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com> ----- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:06:39 -0700 From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com> To: balug-announce-owner(a)lists.balug.org Subject: Job Posting Hello, I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members? Friendster, located at Howard x 2nd in SOMA is looking to hire a Sr Sys Admin. I have attached the position description. Please advise on whether you would be able to distribute. It is a great job, within an awesome Ops team! Thanks, Rebecca Witt Friendster Director Human Resources rebecca(a)friendster.com Office: 415-972-1436 Fax: 415-618-0074 View My Friendster Profile! http://www.friendster.com/profiles/wittra ----- End forwarded message ----- Senior Linux Systems Administrator With over 30 million members, Friendster ( [1]www.friendster.com) is one of the most recognized online social networks in the world Friendster 2.0 is positioned as more upmarket and innovative than its competitors. Friendster generates more than 1 billion page views per month. The site allows people to stay connected to friends while sharing and discovering media (pictures, music, video and blogs) with them. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Friendster is backed by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and Benchmark. Friendster 2.0 is dedicated to rapidly identifying and assimilating emergent media and web trends, such as: video, tagging and podcasting. Friendster is currently seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with production Internet experience supporting a high-volume commercial website. This position will be a member of the Production Operations team and will be responsible for managing, growing and supporting Friendster's large-scale Internet site. Position Responsibilities: * Provides system architecture guidance * Plans and supports the implementation of major architectural changes * Will work with the Engineering and Quality Assurance departments to spearhead the rollout of new features and code updates on the site * Seeks opportunities to contribute features and enhancements to open source software projects in which Friendster participates * Has frequent contact with vendors for technical support and technical planning * Mentors at least one other member of the Operations staff * Must be willing to be available 24/7, via a planned rotation schedule, by pager for emergencies Position Requirements: * 8+ years employed in Linux / UNIX administration * Hands-on experience supporting large Linux environments (200+ servers) and maintaining a consistent install base across the entire environment * Demonstrated expertise in Apache, PHP, MySQL including performance tuning * Experience with NFS, Squid, and CVS * Clear understanding of the operation of the IP stack in Linux and of load balancing technologies * Must have some past development experience with at least one compiled language (C, C++, Java) plus at least one scripting language (Bourne shell, Perl, PHP) Desired Experience: * Familiarity with SAN (Hitachi Data Systems / McData preferred) * Experience with Network Appliance storage systems * Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server administration * Supervisory or team training experience To apply please send your resume to jobs(a)friendster.com. Please be sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your email. References 1. http://www.friendster.com/

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Re: [balug-admin] Job Posting
by Rick Moen 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com) > I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members? BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do that, we'd love it! Full details are at http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the "listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to. (We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post it directly.)

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BALUG web site tweaks/updates, etc.
by Michael Paoli 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Well, I did a fair number of tweaks on the BALUG web site. Updated the CABAL "block" on the main page, tweaked the "Next Meeting" block on the main page, tweaked the "Directions" page (it's more than "just" direction, but with PostNuke and all that, don't know that we'd have an easy way to redirect and retitle and such, so at least thus far it's in the same place): http://www.balug.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagenam… created a "2006 Minutes" page, and filled in lots of content for it: http://www.balug.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagenam…

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(forw) balug-talk post from michael.paoli@cal.berkeley.edu requires approval
by Rick Moen 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

I haven't yet acted on this as mailing list moderator, but am inclined to reject it because 1/2 megabyte is WAY too large for broadcast e-mail sent to a mailing list. (Note, also, that it exceeds the mailing list's set size limit by a factor of ten.) My view is that the sender should put it on a Web/ftp site and post its URL, instead. E.g., you could attach it to a page on the BALUG wiki. I recognise that you're only acting as a helpful intermediary, and regret the inconvenience. ----- Forwarded message from balug-talk-owner(a)lists.balug.org ----- Subject: balug-talk post from michael.paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu requires approval From: balug-talk-owner(a)lists.balug.org To: balug-talk-owner(a)lists.balug.org Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:03:30 -0700 As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: balug-talk(a)lists.balug.org From: michael.paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu Subject: Fwd: Slides and source for my Debian talk Reason: Message body is too big: 409339 bytes with a limit of 40 KB At your convenience, visit: http://lists.balug.org/admindb.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org to approve or deny the request. Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:03:19 -0700 From: Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> To: balug-talk(a)lists.balug.org Subject: Fwd: Slides and source for my Debian talk >From the presentation Don Armstrong did at the 2006-08-15 BALUG meeting: > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:08:16 -0700 > From: Don Armstrong > Subject: Slides and source for my Debian talk > To: Michael Paoli > Here are the slides (attached) and the link to the subversion tree to > generate the source: > http://svn.donarmstrong.com/don/trunk/projects/debian/balug_talk/ > Don Armstrong Subject: confirm 338d1065adccf6dba9d228f725d64d338d2e3e72 From: balug-talk-request(a)lists.balug.org If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact, Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line of the body of the reply. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [balug-admin] BALUG - video projection hookup, etc.
by Michael Paoli 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

This: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2005-May/000030.html covers most of the video projection details. I'd also add the following general notes of correction/update/addition: "Our" (available to BALUG) converter thingy covers "640x480" (less perhaps some slight edge losses as noted on the URL above). However it's not fixed to the upper left 640x480 - it will, for example, track mouse motions and pan the area of the input video that is converted and output. So, ... for example, if one designs the "slides" for the upper left 640x480, and has on-screen notes, if/when one moves mouse over one's on-screen notes, what's covered on the projection will pan to show that. If one's able to make the jump back and forth pretty quick (e.g. when changing slides anyway), and remembers to shove the mouse/cursor to the upper left right after any repositioning/scrolling of "notes", the effect works out to be rather to quite tolerable and only slightly or very slightly distracting. I don't know that we've got anyone that's presented that's found/had significantly different experiences with our video hook-up, but at least that's what I've observed with my personal laptop (IBM ThinkPad T40p TYPE 2373-G1U running Debian GNU/Linux) and our available video hook-up. We do also have microphone/PA available to us (handy for those of us who's voices don't project as well and/or when our turnout is on the larger side and some tables aren't as close to the "stage"/platform/podium area. Quoting Michael Paoli: > Yes, ... let me find you the link that has the relevant technical details. > > I'll send you that shortly. > > Quoting Don Armstrong: > > > Looks fine to me; one quick question: will there be a projector/screen > > at the restaurant? [Don't want to be depending on having one and find > > out that there won't be one.]

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Promoting Debian@BALUG event ...
by Michael Paoli 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

I may tweak it a bit more, but this is what I've basically got thus far: http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/linux/balug/ Idea would be something roughly similar to what I did to promote the BAD meeting via the Debian booth at LinuxWorld last year. Print up an 8.5"x11" color version for display in the Debian booth. Prith up quarter sheet B&W versions (8.5"x11" photocopies cut to 1/4 size) for handout at the Debian booth (and any other appropriate places). The reverse of the 1/4 sheet handouts would have some information about various User Groups in/around the Bay Area (e.g. BALUG, BAD, the BALE list, etc.) - so even after the BALUG meeting is past, the reverse of those 1/4 sheets would still be useful (and also handy for those looking at the front or sign wondering what BALUG is). I'll probably also whip up some 8.5"X11" sign(s) for use in the Debian booth (and anyone else that wants to promote it) about the noon Th. keysigning meet-up at the Debian booth. Materials aren't cast in stone ... yet ... if there's something someone thinks should be changed on the materials, speak up ... or grab the GIMP version (also at that URL, bzip2 compressed) and have a crack at it.

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[DRAFT] News & BALUG 2006-08-15: Don Armstrong of Debian: Debian: Why? How? What next?
by Michael Paoli 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Okay, ... this is what I've got for DRAFT to go out on the BALUG "anounce" list. My plans are to get it out not later than *very early* Friday, and possibly as "soon" as rather to quite late Thursday. In the meantime, if there are things that ought to be corrected, tweaked, added, shrunk, removed, etc., certainly let me know. News & BALUG 2006-08-15: Don Armstrong of Debian: Debian: Why? How? What next? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-08-15 BALUG: Don Armstrong of Debian: Debian: Why? How? What next? ... For our August 15th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have: Don Armstrong on Debian: Why? How? What next? Why you should consider using Debian, some tips on how to actually use Debian, with a look into how Debian actually got where it is and where Debian is going in the future, both for Etch, and beyond. Don Armstrong is a Debian Developer who is active in end user support, package maintenance, legal issues affecting Free Software, and works on the Debian Bug Tracking System. He is also a graduate student at the University of California, Riverside in the Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology program, where he uses Debian in his research. Some keysignings might also occur (we had a bit of an impromptu keysigning at our July meeting, and when and where Debian folks gather there's also an increased probability of keysignings occurring). Also, there will probably be some keysignings at/around LinuxWorld (see also LinuxWorld, below). Also see The San Francisco Bay Area keysigning information and discussion list (publicly archived) for latest developments/plans/announcements. http://www.debian.org/ http://www.donarmstrong.com/ http://www.balug.org/ http://zer0.org/mailman/listinfo/ba-keysign/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-08-14 - 2006-08-17 LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Free "Exhibits Only" pass registration is still available through 2006-08-13. An "Exhibits Only" pass includes for free: 3-day access to the LinuxWorld Exhibit Hall Keynotes Feature Presentations Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions* *Please also note, if you're going to LinuxWorld Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Meetings on 2006-08-15 and you want to make the BALUG meeting, please try to depart LinuxWorld by approximately 6:40 P.M. to make it to BALUG at least approximately on time. Some keysignings will almost certainly be arranged at LinuxWorld (see also The San Francisco Bay Area keysigning information and discussion list (publicly archived) for latest developments/plans/announcements). http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/ http://www.balug.org/ http://zer0.org/mailman/listinfo/ba-keysign/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-08-16 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM BoF: Network, Device, and Environment Monitoring (BoF at LinuxWorld - see also LinuxWorld, above) Informal "meet and greet" reception at GroundWork's offices after the BoF http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2006-July/003780.html http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A/conference/tracksessi… ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-08-19 Picn*x15 - registration is still open - at least last I checked http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2006-August/003790.ht… http://www.linuxpicnic.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-09-19 BALUG meeting - don't have a specific speaker/presentation confirmed yet, but even if we end up without, that doesn't stop us from having good, interesting meetings (good folks, good food, good conversation, interesting questions/observations/"answers"/etc.). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-10-17 BALUG: Patrick McGovern of Splunk For our October 17th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have: Splunk, a company that claims to take the SH out of IT: TOPIC: Splunk: Illuminating the issues in your Data Center. SPEAKER: Patrick McGovern BACKGROUND: Splunk, based in San Francisco, makes a web-based AJAX-enhanced search engine that allows system administrators and programmers to search all their incoming log files in real time (any type of log files: Sendmail, Cisco, MySQL, syslog, etc.) with a browser. It's a powerful tool to allow people to 'see' inside their systems as they are running. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Patrick is the Chief Community Splunker at Splunk, Inc. Prior to joining Splunk, Patrick McGovern managed SourceForge.net for five years for VA Software / OSTG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-11-21 BALUG meeting ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.balug.org/

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(forw) [svlug-announce] Picn*x 15 Announcement
by Rick Moen 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Question 1: Is there any reason we would _not_ want BALUG to be added to the list of "participating organisations" along with other Bay Area LUGs? If, as I hope, there isn't, I'll be adding BALUG to the growing list on http://www.linuxpicnic.org/ . (If you're not familiar with the Linux Picnic aka "Picnix", it's a social gathering and free BBQ feed put on every year on the approximate anniversary of Linux's founding, at a park in Sunnyvale.) Question 2: Assuming we're participating, could someone add one of the Linux Picnic logos to our front page? Thanks. http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix15/LinkToPicnx ----- Forwarded message from John Delaney <goldhind(a)ix.netcom.com> ----- X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2005.2.122.0 (Windows) From: John Delaney <goldhind(a)ix.netcom.com> To: svlug-announce(a)lists.svlug.org Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:44:37 -0700 Subject: [svlug-announce] Picn*x 15 Announcement Picn*x 15 Announcement The Picn*x 15 Committee cordially invites all the friends of open source software to a picnic to be held Saturday August 19, 2006 from 11AM - 5PM at Sunnyvale's Baylands Park. This years theme celebrates the tremendous progress made by the open source community over the last fifteen years, including, but not limited to, FreeBSD, GNU, Apache, MySQL, PERL, Python, PHP, OpenOffice, GIMP, and of course Linux. There are over 70,000 open source projects. We truly live in a new world. August 19 is the Saturday following the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. The Picn*x 15 Committee encourages Conference attendees to stay over for the picnic. A large out-of-town turnout is expected since this year's Expo celebrates the 15th anniversary of Linux. Early registration is advised. For your inner geek, the picnic has activities like installing and troubleshooting software on your laptop, experimenting with wireless communication, and visits to local hardware stores. For your inner child there is acoustic music, Frisbee, soccer, bocce ball, softball, volleyball and juggling. Participating organizations include: BayLISA, The Bay Area Large Installation System Administrators; The Linux User Group of Davis; The South Bay Community Network; The Silicon Valley Linux User Group; and The Silicon Valley Wireless Users and Experimenters. The picnic is free to attendees, but reservations are required. Many thanks to our sponsors, including Mirapoint, Raw Bandwidth, BayLISA, and Splunk. See http://www.linuxpicnic.org for additional information. Picn*x 15 Committee _______________________________________________ svlug-announce mailing list svlug-announce(a)lists.svlug.org http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/svlug-announce ----- End forwarded message -----

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